MacArthur's Children (1984)
Original title: 瀬戸内少年野球団
MacArthur's Children is a 1984 Japanese-language war movie directed by Masahiro Shinoda, with a running time of 2h 23m. It stars Takaya Yamauchi, Ken Watanabe and Yoshiyuki Omori.
In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.
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Cast
- Takaya Yamauchi as Ryuta Ashigara
- Ken Watanabe as Tetsuo Nakai
- Yoshiyuki Omori as Saburo Masaki
- Shiori Sakura as Takeme "Mume" Hatano
- Shima Iwashita as Tome Anabuki
- Hiromi Go as Masao Nakai
- Masako Natsume as Komako Nakai
- Hideji Ōtaki as Ashigara
- Jūzō Itami as Hatano
- Shinsuke Shimada
- Taketoshi Naitō
- Jun Hamamura