A Ryūkyū man dressed in a traditional bashōfu (芭蕉布 / banana plant cloth) kimono lies on the beach looking out to the sea. As he lies there, we witness the passage of time on the islands. At first there is peace and time seems to move slowly. Only the music and the occasional movements of the man indicate the passage of time. Finally a man carrying water passes by, followed by other people representative of times past: market vendors, peasants, the red-cheeked god dancing at a matsuri (festival). But as the film progresses, the islands prove to be the meeting place of many cultures.
Crew
Renzo Kinoshita
Director, Writer, Storyboard, Layout, Character Designer
Sayoko Kinoshita
Director, Writer, Producer, Animation, Painter
Chikako Fukui
Editor
Yasuhito Fukui
Editor
Masahiro Hayashi
Production Assistant
Toshio Hirata
Animation
Reijirō Koroku
Music
Makiko Nagao
Production Director
Katsushi Aoki
Background Designer