Year One in the North
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Year: 2005
Studio: Toei Company
Director: Isao Yukisada
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Etsushi Toyokawa, Toshiro Yanagiba, Satomi Ishihara, Yuriko Ishida
Crew: Tsuyoshi Imai (Editor), Isao Yukisada (Director), Machiko Nasu (Screenplay), Kyōko Heya (Production Design), Riuko Tominaga (Producer), Hironori Ito (Sound)
Runtime: 169 minutes
Release: Jan 14, 2005
IMDb: 4.90/10 by 8 users
Popularity: 3
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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