The Crying Wind
2004, Japanese. Directed by Yōichi Higashi.
Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 31 July 2004
- Original title
- 風音
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shun Medoruma
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The Crying Wind runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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The Crying Wind isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 July 2004. (Checked 31 October 2026.)
What movies are like The Crying Wind?
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Who directed The Crying Wind?
The Crying Wind (2004) was directed by Yōichi Higashi and stars Muneo Uema, Haruko Katō, Miho Tsumiki.