Untamagiru Explained

Untamagiru
Native Name:
Kana:ウンタマギルー
Director:Gō Takamine
Starring:Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Togawa, John Sayles
Music:Kōji Ueno
Cinematography:Masaki Tamura
Country:Japan
Language:Okinawan

Untamagiru (Okinawan: ウンタマギルー, untamagiruu) is a 1989 Okinawan film directed by Gō Takamine. It is a magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972. Many of the characters speak in the Okinawan language and thus mainland Japanese spectators needed subtitles to understand it.

Cast

Awards and nominations

14th Hochi Film Award[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1989/. ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー. 2010-01-06. ja. Cinema Hochi. https://web.archive.org/web/20081022221045/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1989/. 2008-10-22. dead.