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Ruri's Island

Ruri's Island

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2005, Show
Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.
Country: Japan
Cast:
Ittoku Kishibe,
Fumiyo Kohinata,
Naomi Nishida,
Sei Hiraizumi
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Ryuichi Inomata
Director
Kenji Ikeda
Director
Ittoku Kishibe
As Kishibe Ittoku
Fumiyo Kohinata
As Yonemori Shomei
Naomi Nishida
As Nao Fujisawa
Sei Hiraizumi
As Aragaki Jiei
Mitsuko Baisho
As Nakama Megumi
Sansei Shiomi
As Miyazono Sohei

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In the isolated island community of Hatomi, a group of elderly residents face the imminent closure of their only school, and the fate of their island hangs in the balanceace. Against all odds, they find hope in Ruri, an 11 year-old girl who was abandoned by her mother and is now on the path to change the course of their lives forever. As Ruri navigates her new home and makes unexpected connections with the locals, the islanders must confront their own pasts, traditions and sense of belonging. Will Ruri's presence be enough to save the school and transform the community?

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