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
Paulo Rocha
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Producer
Wenceslau de Moraes
Writer
Etsuko Takano
Executive Producer
Etsuko Takano
Producer
Kōzō Okazaki
Director of Photography
Acácio de Almeida
Director of Photography
Elso Roque
Director of Photography
Cristina Reis
Costume Design, Production Design
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Costume Design, Production Design
Batica
Costume Design, Production Design
