The Crying Wind

The Crying Wind 2004 Directed by Yōichi Higashi 風音

Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gnere Drama

Production Company SIGLO

Release Date 31 July 2004

106 mins

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