The Crying Wind

The Crying Wind (2004)

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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."

Date of release
2004-07-31
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama
Director
Yōichi Higashi

Casting

Interesting facts

Fuon , also known as The Crying Wind, is a 2004 Japanese coming of age drama film directed by Yōichi Higashi. It was adapted by Shun Medoruma from two of his own short stories, "Kazane" and "Utsumi". The film tells the story of two young boys in Okinawa who are fascinated by local tales of the "Crying Head", the skull of a kamikaze pilot shot down in World War II. It stars Muneo Uema in the lead role, in addition to Haruko Kato, Miho Tsumiki, Ken Mitsuishi and Saburo Kitamura. Takashi Hirayasu and the group Taraf de Haïdouks co-composed the film's score. Fuon premiered at the 27th Montreal World Film Festival before being theatrically released by SIGLO Ltd. on July 31, 2004, in Japan.

Background

Medoruma's original short stories were first published in 1997, and translated to English by Kyoko Selden and Alisa Freedman. After the film's release, Medoruma expanded the short stories into a full novel titled Fuon: The Crying Wind.

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