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Tootoomee Banzai

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It is a satirical comedy on Okinawan society, focusing on Tootoome(a buddhist memorial tablet). Haru has not heard from her husband who went to Hawaii before the war and she is keeping his Tootoome and property. Her son was killed in the war. She has now a daughter. But a trouble reaks out because her husband's kept woman bore him a son. Moreover, her husband who was supposed to be dead suddenly appears and he has five sons in Hawaii. He has come back to raise funds for an enterprise. The story develops into an unexpected turn.......

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Written by Tatsuhiro Oshiro
The story was in the news, for there was a problem of inheriting Tootoome.(Naha District Court ruled women could inherit Tootoomee)

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