Year One in the North
Release Date: 2005-01-14
Overview: 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.
Rating: 4.9 / 10
Cast
Ken Watanabe
as Komatsubara Hideaki
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Komatsubara Shino
Etsushi Toyokawa
as Ashirika
Toshiro Yanagiba
as Mamiya Denzo
Satomi Ishihara
as Komatsubara Tae
Crew
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Isao Yukisada - Director
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Machiko Nasu - Screenplay
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Tsuyoshi Imai - Editor
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Kyōko Heya - Production Design
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Hironori Ito - Sound
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