Paradise View (1985)

Set in Okinawa on the eve of reversion and filmed almost entirely in the endangered Okinawan language, the story revolves around a man who has quit his job at a U S military base and an ethnographer acted by renowned Japanese musician HOSONO Haruomi who attempts to marry a village woman in the traditional Ryukyu customs Blurring the line between reality and fantasy, Takamines signature style of storytelling has already taken shape in this feature film debut