Uminchu

  • John Junkerman
  • 1990
  • Japan
  • 101 minutes
  • Japanese
  • DR
    DR

The story of Shigeru Itokazu, 82, a marlin fisherman of Okinawa, Uminchu, “a man of the sea”. Yonaguni, his island in the East China Sea, is the southern gateway to Japan, surrounded by open sea and washed by the swiftly-flowing Black Stream.

  • Production : Siglo
  • Distribution : Siglo
  • Editing : Keiko Ichihara
  • Sound : Kimio Homma
  • Photography : Yoshio Shimizu