Island of Loves 1982

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Drama

This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.

Release Date 1982-06-08
Runtime 2h 50m
Directors Paulo Rocha, Acácio de Almeida, Elso Roque, Kōzō Okazaki, M. Asao, Camilo Azevedo, Takahashi Koizumi, Norio Watanabe, Pedro Caldas, Yuji Hiyoshi, Maria Paola Porru
Producers Paulo Rocha, Etsuko Takano, Paulo Rocha, Etsuko Takano
Writers Wenceslau de Moraes, Paulo Rocha, Sumiko Haneda, Tai Jung Kok, Luiza Neto Jorge, Moriaki Watanabe