Star Sand

2017 · 110 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, War

In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.

Directed by Roger Pulvers · Written by Roger Pulvers

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Lisa Oda Hiromi Umeno
Riho Yoshioka Shiho Hosaka
Shinnosuke Mitsushima Takayasu Iwabuchi
Brandon McClelland Bob
Takahiro Miura Iwabuchi
Shinobu Terajima Gima
Makiko Watanabe Yoshigami
Renji Ishibashi Professor Shiroma
Mako Midori Hiromi (elderly)

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