Beat (1998 film)

Beat
DVD cover
Directed byAmon Miyamoto
Screenplay byAmon Miyamoto
Release date
  • 1998 (1998) (Venice)
CountryJapan

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.

  1. ^ Anonymous (1990–2012). "Plot Summary for Beat (1998)". IMDb.com. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 12 April 2012.