Beat (1998 film)
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in 1998
1998 in film
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, directed by Amon Miyamoto, set in the 60's in Okinawa. It was screened at critics week at the 1998 Venice film festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
. The plot was inspired to a novel by famous Okinawan writer Eiki Matayoshi
Eiki Matayoshi
Eiki Matayoshi is, along with Shun Medoruma , one of the most important contemporary writers from Okinawa, a southern prefecture of Japan.His novels are always set in the Okinawa archipelague....
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Cast
- Claude Maki - Takeshi
- Yuki UchidaYuki Uchidais a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s Japanese idol, model and singer.-Biography:She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991....
- Michi - Dean Stapleton - Ryan
- Naoto Hirata - The Youth
- Judy Motomura - Maria
- Toshiya Nagasawa - Kazuo
- Ayako Kawahara - Lee
Crew
- Amon Miyamoto - Director, Screenwriter
- Shinya Kawai - Producer
- Takashige Ichise - Producer
- Genkichi Hasegawa - Cinematographer
- Hirohide Abe - Editor
- Hiroshi Butsuda - Special Effects
- Makoto Ishihara - Associate Producer
- Yuji Tsuzuki - Production Designer