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Year One in the North (2005)

★ 5.7/10 169 min Drama, History Japan Japanese
Director: Isao Yukisada
Screenplay by: Machiko Nasu
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe Komatsubara Hideaki
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga Komatsubara Shino
Etsushi Toyokawa
Etsushi Toyokawa Ashirika
Toshiro Yanagiba
Toshiro Yanagiba Mamiya Denzo
Satomi Ishihara
Satomi Ishihara Komatsubara Tae
Yuriko Ishida
Yuriko Ishida Mamiya Kayo
Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa Mochida Kurazo
Sadao Abe
Sadao Abe

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