Sayon's Bell 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.
Sayon no kane (1943)
Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
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Atayal, Bell, Giran, Japanese, Masaki Takita, Nan'ao, Sayun Hayun, Storm, Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan, Tale, Teacher, Village
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Narrative Location: Taiwan under Japanese rule
Alternate Titles
Sayon no kane
JP
サヨンの鐘
JP