MacArthur's Children

Jun 23, 1984

2h 23m

★ 5.0

On an island in the Pacific, in a world about to change...

Overview

In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.

Genres

War

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Herald Ace

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Cast

Ryuta Ashigara

Takaya Yamauchi

Tetsuo Nakai

Ken Watanabe

Saburo Masaki

Yoshiyuki Omori

Takeme "Mume" Hatano

Shiori Sakura

Tome Anabuki

Shima Iwashita

Masao Nakai

Hiromi Go

Komako Nakai

Masako Natsume

Ashigara

Hideji Ōtaki

Hatano

Jūzō Itami

Shinsuke Shimada

Taketoshi Naitō

Jun Hamamura

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