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- Movie: The First Breath of Tengan Rei
- Director: Junko Kajino, Ed M. Koziarski
- Writer: Junko Kajino, Ed M. Koziarski
- Producer: Junko Kajino, Yuko Kajino, Masayuki Koide, Ed M. Koziarski
- Cinematographer: Stephen Combs
- Release Date: 2008
- Runtime: 73 min.
- Language: English, Japanese
- Country: USA, Japan
Plot
U.S. Marines Nelson and Carter raped a teenage Okinawan girl named Rei and left her for dead in the ocean.
She survived. The firestorm ignited by the trial subsided after the sentencing. Rei grew up swallowing her
pain, to protect Okinawa’s delicate interdependence with the military.
When the Marines are released, Rei’s overwhelmed by unresolved memories – to survive she must find and
confront the Marines in America. Rei surveils Nelson and Carter, who struggle to rebuild their lives. Nelson
grasps to reconnect with estranged teenage son Paris. Rei senses in Paris the key to her redemption, a safer
surrogate for his father.
Rei tails Paris to a secluded riverbank where he repairs a motorboat. Paris spots Rei. She panics, kidnapping
him at gunpoint. Nelson fears how Paris will react to his history, as much as he fears for his son’s safety.
Rei holds Paris captive in a motel, frightened yet thrilled at this alien young man under her power. Rei reveals
her past to Paris, who knows little of his father’s crimes.
Exposed, Rei frees Paris. On the edge of embrace, Paris topples Rei and escapes. Nelson makes an ambiguous
denial to his son. Paris begs Rei not to provoke Nelson further, fearing the violence he senses in his father.
Rei can’t abandon her mission. Paris steals her gun and commands her to flee with him by boat to Canada. Rei
lets Paris believe he’s in control, knowing Nelson awaits them on the river.
Cast
- Erika Oda - Rei Tengan (as Erika)
- Katori Eason - Paris Land
- Sean Nix - Nelson Land
- Ric Arthur - Henry Carter
