Song of the Canefields
2003, Japanese. Directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa.
Hirayama Koichi and his wife Michiko eloped from Osaka to Okinawa, where they lived happily with their five children. When war erupts, their eldest son is drafted into the Imperial army. As fighting spreads, the family takes refuge far from the city, but soon, child after child is drafted to serve in various branches of the military and in organizations supporting the war cause. Koichi himself is faced with a moral dilemma when he is ordered to kill a wounded American soldier.
- Runtime
- 2h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 28 September 2003
- Original title
- さとうきび畑の唄
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kazuhiko Yukawa
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Song of the Canefields runs 159 minutes (2h 39m).
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Song of the Canefields isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 September 2003. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Song of the Canefields?
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Who directed Song of the Canefields?
Song of the Canefields (2003) was directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa and stars Sanma Akashiya, Hitomi Kuroki, Kenji Sakaguchi.