- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1983-11-15
- Director: Akio Jissôji
- Writers: Sou Kuramoto
- Language: Japanese | English
- Stars: Shirô Itô , Haruko Kato , Kiichi Nakai , Chishū Ryū
- Runtime: 112 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Tray of Waves , Nami no bon , Lanterns on Blue Waters (United Kingdom) , Lantern Festival of the Waves , Lanterns on Blue Waters (United States of America) , Nami no bon (Japan) , Lanterns on Blue Waters , Obon Waves
- Plot: The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.
- IMDB:tt5200838
Lanterns on Blue Waters Cast · · · ALL
Akio Jissôji
Director
Chishū Ryū
Haruko Kato
Kiichi Nakai
Eri Ishida
Chisako Hara
Keizo Kanie
Isao Bitō
Yuki Kazamatsuri
Takeshi Ôbayashi
Junichi Ishida
Jun Hamamura
Kōen Okumura
Michio Kida
Shirô Itô