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.
Unfortunately the movie Island of Loves is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Paulo Rocha | Director |
Lighting | Carlos Sequeira | Electrician |
Production | Júlia Buisel | Production Secretary |
Production | Ricardo Cordeiro | Production Assistant |
Production | Gabriela Mesquita | Production Secretary |
Production | Paulo Rocha | Executive Producer |
Writing | Sumiko Haneda | Dialogue |
Production | João Bénard da Costa | Production Assistant |
Production | João Garção Borges | Production Assistant |
Production | José Mazeda | Production Assistant |
Lighting | Vasco Sequeira | Electrician |
Writing | Luiza Neto Jorge | Dialogue |
Lighting | João de Almeida | Gaffer |
Production | J. Freitas Casaca | Production Secretary |
Production | Etsuko Takano | Executive Producer |
Writing | Tai Jung Kok | Dialogue |
Writing | Moriaki Watanabe | Dialogue |
Directing | M. Asao | Assistant Director |
Directing | Norio Watanabe | Assistant Director |
Sound | Jorge Caldas | Sound Assistant |
Sound | João Diogo | Sound Recordist |
Directing | Takahashi Koizumi | Assistant Director |
Sound | Pedro Caldas | Sound Director |
Lighting | Manuel Carlos da Silva | Gaffer |
Sound | Yuji Hiyoshi | Sound Director |
Lighting | Emílio Castro | Gaffer |
Directing | Camilo Azevedo | Assistant Director |
Sound | Maria Paola Porru | Sound Director |
Camera | Acácio de Almeida | Director of Photography |
Production | Paulo Rocha | Producer |
Sound | Paulo Brandão | Music |
Camera | Kōzō Okazaki | Director of Photography |
Art | Batica | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Batica | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Takeharu Sakaguchi | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Cristina Reis | Costume Design |
Camera | Elso Roque | Director of Photography |
Writing | Paulo Rocha | Screenplay |
Writing | Wenceslau de Moraes | Writer |
Art | Cristina Reis | Production Design |
Art | Takeharu Sakaguchi | Production Design |
Production | Etsuko Takano | Producer |