The Ocean View Resort

Directed by: Futoshi Miyagi,

2013, 20’ English; English and Turkish subtitles

The Ocean View Resort centers on a man as he visits his home on an Okinawan island. Narrated in English, the video follows the man as he takes a walk along the beach and meets an old friend, Y, whom he had fallen in love with –unrequited and untold– during his teenage years. Y recalls the events that transpired on the beach during and after the war, and also of his late grandfather who, back in 1945, shared a fleeting moment of intimacy with a young American soldier as they listened to one of Beethoven’s string quartets. The video work shifts from a tale of teenage love to a cruel yet half-forgotten act committed by a group of Japanese soldiers during the war, while referencing the seemingly romantic relationship between men from Okinawa and America at a time of great disturbance and inhumanity.