There Was a War When I Was a Child (1981)

Original title

子どものころ戦争があった

Directed by

Sadaro Saito

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mixed-race girl is persecuted and confined to a warehouse during the Pacific War because her father is American and her mother is Japanese. The film follows her family's struggle to protect her in a hostile society.

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What happens

『子どものころ戦争があった』（こどものころせんそうがあった）は、1981年公開の日本の戦争映画。 太平洋戦争中、アメリカ人の父と日本人の母の間に生まれたことから迫害され、土蔵に閉じ込められて暮らす混血の少女とその家族を描く。日本児童文学者協会と日本子どもを守る会が編集した「語りつぐ戦争体験」の中の「泥血の少女の死」を基に映画化。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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