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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1988 - 30 July.7 August

Sections & Films

CHILDREN ON THE ISLAND

Category: Edition 1988

Sinossi
1928, a young and nonconformist teacher tries to educate her children to non-violence. But at the outbreak of war all the grown up children will leave and few will come back. When the old woman returns to the island, however, the survivors will show that they understand her lesson.

Original Title Nijushi no hitomi
Italian Title I bambini sull'isola
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 129'
Production Year 1987
Nationality Japan
Directed by Yoshitaka Asama
Screenplay Keisuke Kinoshita
Main cast Yûko Tanaka, Tetsuya Takeda, Sumie Sasaki

 regista yoshitaka asamaYOSHITAKA ASAMA

Yoshitaka Asama was born in 1940 in Miyagi, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi (1977).