From Okinawa with Love

An Okinawan photographer, Mao Ishikawa spent her early 20s working as a barmaid in establishments catered specifically to African American GIs stationed in Okinawa. “There was love,” as the tagline reads, her photography book, 『Red Flower – The Women of Okinawa』 captured the diaristic intimacy of friendships, love affairs, and wild nights shared amongst her social circle of that time.

Country:

Japan,

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

101 minutes

Year:

2024

Director:

Hiroshi Sunairi

Cast:

Crew:

Director