Pattenrai!! - Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari

Original title: パッテンライ!! 〜南の島の水ものがたり〜

2008 ★ 6.0 TMDB 90 min IMDb TMDB Japanese Noboru Ishiguro

Overview

The film is based on the true story of Yoichi Hatta (1886-1942), a civil engineer who traveled to Japanese-ruled Taiwan in 1910 to build a complex irrigation system in the barren southwest. Hatta manages to overcome the initial doubts of local farmers, but a tragic tunnel accident eventually halts the project and shakes his confidence.

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