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Sayon's Bell
Sayon's Bell
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Sayon's Bell

Original Title: サヨンの鐘

1943
1h 32m

Status

Released

Release

1943

Runtime

1h 32m

Storyline

Based on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture (in current Taiwan) who went missing and was thought to have drowned whilst helping carry the luggage of her teacher Masaki Takita during a storm in 1938.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Jul 1, 1943
Languages
Japanese
Director
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroshi Shimizu
Production
Shochiku
Shochiku
Manchukuo Film Association
Manchukuo Film Association
Production Countries
Japan
Taiwan

Top Cast

6 Cast Members

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Sayon

Toshiaki Konoe

Toshiaki Konoe

Takeda

Kenji Oyama

Kenji Oyama

Murai

Kinuko Wakamizu

Kinuko Wakamizu

Hideko Mimura

Hideko Mimura

Hiroshi Mizuhara

Hiroshi Mizuhara

Sayon's father

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