is a
1943
Events
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January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 ...
black-and-white
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Media
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Japanese film directed by
Hiroshi Shimizu and based on the true story of a 17-year-old
Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from
Nan'ao village,
Giran district,
Taihoku Prefecture,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
, who went missing and was thought to have drowned whilst helping carry the luggage of her teacher
Masaki Takita during a storm in 1938.
Cast
*
Shirley Yamaguchi as Sayon (credited as Ri Kôran)
* Toshiaki Konoe as Takeda
* Kenji Ôyama as Murai
* Kinuko Wakamizu as Murai's Wife
* Hatsu Shimazaki as Saburo
* Kenzô Nakagawa as Mona
* Hideko Mimura as Namina
* Hiroshi Mizuhara as Pig buyer, father of Sayon
* Minoru Nakamura as Taya
See also
*
Cinema of Taiwan
The cinema of Taiwan or Taiwan cinema ( zh, t=臺灣電影 or ) is deeply rooted in the island's History of Taiwan, unique history. Since its introduction to Taiwan in 1901 under Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule, cinema has developed i ...
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Taiwanese aborigines
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* of or related to Taiwan
**Culture of Taiwan
**Geography of Taiwan
** Taiwanese cuisine
*Languages of Taiwan
** Formosan languages
** Taiwanese Hokkien, also known as the Taiwanese language
* Taiwanese people, residents of ...
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Atayal people
The Atayal (Atayal language, Atayal: Tayal), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous popula ...
References
External links
Internet Movie Database*
Films directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
Atayal culture
Japanese drama films
Japanese black-and-white films
1943 drama films
1943 films
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