MacArthur's Children
1984, Japanese. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda.
On an island in the Pacific, in a world about to change...
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the denizens of a small Japanese fishing village struggle with defeat, cultural change, and the arrival of American troops.
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Takaya YamauchiRyuta Ashigara
- Ken WatanabeTetsuo Nakai
- Yoshiyuki OmoriSaburo Masaki
- Shiori SakuraTakeme "Mume" Hatano
- Shima IwashitaTome Anabuki
- Hiromi GoMasao Nakai
- Masako NatsumeKomako Nakai
- Hideji ŌtakiAshigara
- Jūzō ItamiHatano
- Shinsuke ShimadaCast
- Taketoshi NaitōCast
- Jun HamamuraCast
Details
- Released
- 23 June 1984
- Original title
- 瀬戸内少年野球団
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tsutomu Tamura
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MacArthur's Children runs 143 minutes (2h 23m).
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MacArthur's Children isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 June 1984. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed MacArthur's Children?
MacArthur's Children (1984) was directed by Masahiro Shinoda and stars Takaya Yamauchi, Ken Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Omori.