Taro Okamoto's Okinawa

Taro Okamoto's Okinawa — Plot

Taro Okamoto (1911-1996), one of Japan's most famous artists, traveled to Okinawa in 1959 and 1966. The reason for these trips was his journey to rediscover Japan, in search of his identity as a Japanese person. More than 60 years ago, Okamoto captured the "poignant tenderness of life" of the people, and concluded: "It is in Okinawa that we can find the lost. In Okinawa, I rediscovered myself for the first time." This documentary goes on a journey through Okinawa led by Okamoto himself, 50 years after Okinawa's reversion to Japan.

• Release date
• January 1, 2022
• Runtime
• 127 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Yoshihisa Katsurayama

Taro Okamoto's Okinawa — Cast

Arata Iura Narrator Tarō Okamoto Himself (archive footage)