MacArthur's Children

Setouchi shonen yakyu dan
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Directed by	Masahiro Shinoda
Produced by	Masato Hara
Written by	Yū Aku (novel), Takeshi Tamura
Starring	Masako Natsume Hideji Ōtaki Haruko Kato Ken Watanabe Juzo Itami Hiromi Go Shima Iwashita
Music by	Shinichirō Ikebe
Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Edited by	Sachiko Yamaji
Release date	23 June 1984 (1984-06-23)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

MacArthur's Children (瀬戸内少年野球団, Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan^?) is a 1984 Japanese film. Describing the impact of the United States' occupation of Japan from the perspective of the inhabitants of a small, rural island community, the film featured the big screen debut of actor Ken Watanabe.

The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Filmed on Manabeshima, a small island fishing community in the Kasaoka Islands, of Okayama Prefecture on the Seto Inland Sea.

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