Sayon's Bell

Sayon's Bell (サヨンの鐘, Sayon no Kane) is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu and based on the true story of a 17-year-old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'ao village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan, who went missing and was thought to have drowned whilst helping carry the luggage of her teacher Masaki Takita during a storm in 1938.

Directed byHiroshi Shimizu

Written byKihan Nagase
Torashiro Saitō
Hiroshi Ushida

StarringToshiaki Konoe
Kenji Oyama
Shirley Yamaguchi

Release date

• 1 July 1943 (1943-07-01) (Japan)^[1]

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Sayon's Bell
Directed by	Hiroshi Shimizu
Written by	Kihan Nagase Torashiro Saitō Hiroshi Ushida
Starring	Toshiaki Konoe Kenji Oyama Shirley Yamaguchi
Release date	1 July 1943 (1943-07-01) (Japan)[1]
Running time	75 minutes
Countries	Japan, Manchukuo
Language	Japanese

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