| Sayon's Bell | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hiroshi Shimizu |
| Written by | Kihan Nagase Torashiro Saitō Hiroshi Ushida |
| Starring | Toshiaki Konoe Kenji Oyama Shirley Yamaguchi |
| Release date(s) | 1 July 1943 (Japan)[1] |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Sayon's Bell (サヨンの鐘 Sayon no kane) was a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu and based on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture (in current Taiwan) who went missing and thought to have drowned whilst helping carry the luggage of her teacher Masaki Takita during a storm in 1938.