Song of the CanefieldsMovie
Hirayama Koichi and his wife Michiko eloped from Osaka to Okinawa, where they lived happily with their five children. When war erupts, their eldest son is drafted into the Imperial army. As fighting spreads, the family takes refuge far from the city, but soon, child after child is drafted to serve in various branches of the military and in organizations supporting the war cause. Koichi himself is faced with a moral dilemma when he is ordered to kill a wounded American soldier.
About Song of the Canefields
Song of the Canefields is a 2003 tv movie, drama, war movie directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 39m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Sanma Akashiya, Hitomi Kuroki, Kenji Sakaguchi, Yukie Nakama. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
