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Naomi Nishida (as Nanako) portrays an Uchinan-chu (Okinawan) who grows up by watching her grandma, Nabbie's love. Nishida is a charming young actress who won Best Leading Actress Award in Hawaii Film Festival with her role in "The Secret Garden". She was also in "Gakko no Kaidan""Godzilla 2000". |
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Tomi Taira (as Nabbie) is a veteran actress representing Okinawa and is known for the best solo Okinawa play player. She plays Nabbie with thoughts of says "I am happy to play at my age, an old woman in love." Her confidence in her sweet smile resembles that of Nabbie. |
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Seijin Noborikawa (as Keitatsu) is a veteran and a hero in Okinawa folk music, known as a great player of Sanshin, performing it in high speed. He is a genius who already played difficult Okinawa folk music at the age of 11. He accepted the role of Keitatsu after long and passionate persuasion by the director. This is his feature film debut and his unique presence brought a miracle to the film. |
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Jun Murakami (as Fukunosuke) imprinted his special sense of existence in films such as "Bounce koGALS" and "Genki no Kamisama". Murakami, lightly but impressively played the role of Fukunosuke who is difficult for us to fully understand as he visited Okinawa with no specific reason. With Noborikawa, he established a wonderful master and pupil relationship not only in front of the camera but also behind it. |
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Ashley MacIsaac (as O'Connor) is a genius fiddler who was born in Canada and has Celt blood in him. He become known in Japan playing with Chieftans. Audiences are awed by his powerful high speed play, combined with dance-steps at the same time. He came all over from Canada to Okinawa for the role. |
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