Beat (1998)
- Directed by
- Amon Miyamoto
- Genre
- drama, romance
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A story set in Okinawa in the 1960s during the American military occupation. It follows characters living under that occupation.
periodseriousrestrainedmelancholicslow-burnobservationallow-keyatmospheric
What happens
Beat is a 1998 Japanese film. Directed by Amon Miyamoto, the film's narrative is set in Okinawa in the 1960s, during the military occupation by the American government. The plot was inspired by Naminoue no Maria, a novel by the Okinawan writer Eiki Matayoshi. Beat was screened during Critics' Week at the 1998 Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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