A group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of the American base in the island.
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The people behind it
Ai Sasaki
Kan'emon Nakamura
Takeo Chii
Rokkō Toura
Yoshi Katō
Sumie Sasaki
Yasuhiko Ishizu
Tony Wada
Chōko Iida
Takashi Sue
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