Island of Loves

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.

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Luís Miguel Cintra

Wenceslau de Moraes

Clara Joana

Isabel / Vénus

Zita Duarte

Francesca

Paulo Rocha

Camilo Pessanha

Yoshiko Mita

O-Yoné

Jun Toyokawa

Asataro

Erl Tenni

Atchan

Wang Lai

Chinese mother

Art

Batica

Production Design

Cristina Reis

Production Design

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Production Design

Camera

Acácio de Almeida

Director of Photography

Kōzō Okazaki

Director of Photography

Elso Roque

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Batica

Costume Design

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Costume Design

Cristina Reis

Costume Design

Directing

Paulo Rocha

Director

M. Asao

Assistant Director

Norio Watanabe

Assistant Director

Takahashi Koizumi

Assistant Director

Camilo Azevedo

Assistant Director

Production

Júlia Buisel

Production Secretary

Ricardo Cordeiro

Production Assistant

Gabriela Mesquita

Production Secretary

Paulo Rocha

Executive Producer

João Bénard da Costa

Production Assistant

João Garção Borges

Production Assistant

José Mazeda

Production Assistant

J. Freitas Casaca

Production Secretary

Etsuko Takano

Executive Producer

Paulo Rocha

Producer

Etsuko Takano

Producer

Sound

Jorge Caldas

Sound Assistant

João Diogo

Sound Recordist

Pedro Caldas

Sound Director

Yuji Hiyoshi

Sound Director

Maria Paola Porru

Sound Director

Writing

Sumiko Haneda

Dialogue

Tai Jung Kok

Dialogue

Paulo Rocha

Screenplay

Art

Batica

Production Design

Cristina Reis

Production Design

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Production Design

Camera

Acácio de Almeida

Director of Photography

Kōzō Okazaki

Director of Photography

Elso Roque

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Batica

Costume Design

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Costume Design

Cristina Reis

Costume Design

Directing

Paulo Rocha

Director

M. Asao

Assistant Director

Norio Watanabe

Assistant Director

Takahashi Koizumi

Assistant Director

Camilo Azevedo

Assistant Director

Production

Júlia Buisel

Production Secretary

Ricardo Cordeiro

Production Assistant

Gabriela Mesquita

Production Secretary

Paulo Rocha

Executive Producer

João Bénard da Costa

Production Assistant

João Garção Borges

Production Assistant

José Mazeda

Production Assistant

J. Freitas Casaca

Production Secretary

Etsuko Takano

Executive Producer

Paulo Rocha

Producer

Etsuko Takano

Producer

Sound

Jorge Caldas

Sound Assistant

João Diogo

Sound Recordist

Pedro Caldas

Sound Director

Yuji Hiyoshi

Sound Director

Maria Paola Porru

Sound Director

Writing

Sumiko Haneda

Dialogue

Tai Jung Kok

Dialogue

Paulo Rocha

Screenplay