Beat (1998 film)

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Beat
DVD cover
Directed by	Amon Miyamoto
Screenplay by	Amon Miyamoto
Release date	1998 (1998) (Venice)
Country	Japan

Beat is a 1998 Japanese film. Directed by Amon Miyamoto, the film's narrative is set in Okinawa in the 1960s, during the military occupation by the American government.^[1] The plot was inspired by Naminoue no Maria, a novel by the Okinawan writer Eiki Matayoshi.

Beat was screened during Critics' Week at the 1998 Venice International Film Festival.