Island of Loves
170 mins
This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.
João de Almeida
Gaffer
Carlos Sequeira
Electrician
Vasco Sequeira
Electrician
Tai Jung Kok
Dialogue
Luiza Neto Jorge
Dialogue
Moriaki Watanabe
Dialogue
J. Freitas Casaca
Production Secretary
Ricardo Cordeiro
Production Assistant
João Garção Borges
Production Assistant
José Mazeda
Production Assistant
Gabriela Mesquita
Production Secretary
Etsuko Takano
Executive Producer
M. Asao
Assistant Director
Camilo Azevedo
Assistant Director
Takahashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Norio Watanabe
Assistant Director
Jorge Caldas
Sound Assistant
Pedro Caldas
Sound Director
João Diogo
Sound Recordist
Yuji Hiyoshi
Sound Director
Maria Paola Porru
Sound Director
Emílio Castro
Gaffer
Manuel Carlos da Silva
Gaffer
Wenceslau de Moraes
Writer
Paulo Brandão
Music
Kōzō Okazaki
Director of Photography
Batica
Production Design
Batica
Costume Design
Cristina Reis
Production Design
Cristina Reis
Costume Design
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Production Design
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Costume Design
Etsuko Takano
Producer