MacArthur's Children

MacArthur's Children (瀬戸内少年野球団, Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan; literally, "The Boys' Baseball Team from Setouchi") is a 1984 Japanese film. Describing the impact of the United States' occupation of Japan from the perspective of the inhabitants of a small, rural island community,^[1][2][3][4] the film featured the big screen debut of actor Ken Watanabe.

MacArthur's Children
press kit cover
Directed by	Masahiro Shinoda
Written by	Takeshi Tamura
Based on	Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan by Yū Aku
Produced by	Masato Hara
Starring	Masako Natsume Hideji Ōtaki Haruko Kato Ken Watanabe Juzo Itami Hiromi Go Shima Iwashita
Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Edited by	Sachiko Yamaji
Music by	Shinichirō Ikebe
Release date	23 June 1984 (1984-06-23)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[5]

Cast

• Takaya Yamauchi as Ryuta
• Yoshiyuki Omori as Saburo
• Shiori Sakura as Takeme "Mume" Hatano
• Masako Natsume as Komako
• Hideji Ōtaki as Ashigara
• Haruko Kato as Haru
• Ken Watanabe as Tetsuo
• Shima Iwashita as Tome
• Hiromi Go as Masao Nakai

Production

• Yoshinobu Nishioka -Art direction

Location

Filmed on Manabeshima, a small island fishing community in the Kasaoka Islands, of Okayama Prefecture on the Seto Inland Sea.

See also

• Cinema of Japan
• List of submissions to the 57th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film