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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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