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Cast

Toyo Nagasaki

Toyo Nagasaki

Matsu Takara

Matsu Takara

Kiyo Murayama

Kiyo Murayama

Sada Tomori

Sada Tomori

Kimi Motomura

Kimi Motomura

Harney's Sarahama

Harney's Sarahama

Haruko Hamakawa

Haruko Hamakawa

Yuta Fukushima

Yuta Fukushima

HIDE MIYAGUNI

HIDE MIYAGUNI

HIDE KARIMATA

HIDE KARIMATA

Kiyoshi Takahara

Kiyoshi Takahara

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Makoto Kubota

Makoto Kubota

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Koichi Onishi

Koichi Onishi

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Sketches of Myahk

20120.0 / 10103 min
Documentary

Overview

A powerful documentary about the ancient songs that have been sung and passed down from generation to generation, and the people who pass them on! The fire of the rituals has been passed down from person to person for centuries, and the tsukasamma (divine maidens) offer up the 'divine song' with their wishes for life. 90+ year old women travel to Tokyo to sing the 'divine song' with all their might to a concert hall full of people. The director, Koichi Onishi, follows the hidden rituals of the island and stays close to the old people who knew the time when life, faith and song were one, vividly projecting the miraculous island of Myaak, where the original life still remains. Miyako Island, Okinawa - Myaak. We are struck by the shock that such a rich world existed, and by a strange nostalgia.