ナビィの恋 (1999)
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Naomi Nishida, Jun Murakami, Tomi Taira, Reiko Kaneshima
When Nanako returns to her grandparents’ home on Aguni Island, an old love’s arrival unsettles the household.
The story
Nanako returns to her grandparents’ home on Aguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture. On the ferry, piloted by her childhood friend Kenji, she notices an elderly man in a white suit. Grandma Nabi and Grandpa Keitatsu welcome her, and the household grows livelier when Fukunosuke, a wanderer, arrives to stay with Keitatsu. But Nabi seems unsettled. The stranger from the ferry is Sanra, her former lover, returning to the island for the first time in 60 years. He had been banished from the island, and his return brings the Agari Kanagusuku family together around the yuta as tension and confusion spread.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Nanako (Naomi Nishida) returns to her grandparents’ home on Aguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture. On the ferry to the island, piloted by her childhood friend Kenji (Shinichi Tsuha), Nanako spots an elderly gentleman dressed in a white suit. Waiting to welcome her are Grandma Nabi (Tomi Taira) and Grandpa Keitatsu (Seijin Nokawa). The household grows lively with the addition of Fukunosuke (Jun Murakami), a wanderer who, through a twist of fate, has come to stay at Keitatsu’s house. But Grandma Nabi seems strangely unsettled. The man Nanako saw on the ferry is Sanra (Susumu Taira), Grandma Nabi’s former lover, who has returned to the island for the first time in 60 years. With Sanra, who had been banished from the island, back again, the entire Agari Kanagusuku family gathers around the yuta (Taeko Yoshida), and chaos ensues.
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