Island of Loves

Directed by Paulo Rocha
1982    2h 50m[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [Romance](/on-demand/category/romance)
7.16.5
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.

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Cast of Island of Loves

  • Luís Miguel CintraWenceslau de Moraes
  • Clara JoanaIsabel / Vénus
  • Zita DuarteFrancesca
  • Jorge Silva MeloPainter
  • Paulo RochaCamilo Pessanha / Director / Screenplay / Executive Producer
  • Yoshiko MitaO-Yoné
  • Atsuko MurakumoKo-Haru
  • Jun ToyokawaAsataro
  • Erl TenniAtchan
  • Wang LaiChinese mother
  • Wenceslau de MoraesWriter
  • Etsuko TakanoExecutive Producer
  • Etsuko TakanoProducer
  • BaticaProduction Design / Costume Design
  • Cristina ReisProduction Design / Costume Design
  • Takeharu SakaguchiProduction Design / Costume Design
  • Acácio de AlmeidaDirector Of Photography
  • Kōzō OkazakiDirector Of Photography
  • Elso RoqueDirector Of Photography
  • Norio WatanabeAssistant Director

 

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