Year One in the North
2005
169 min
⭐ 4.9/10
8 votes
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.
Genres
Drama
History
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
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Cast
Ken Watanabe
Komatsubara Hideaki
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Komatsubara Shino
Etsushi Toyokawa
Ashirika
Toshiro Yanagiba
Mamiya Denzo
Satomi Ishihara
Komatsubara Tae
Yuriko Ishida
Mamiya Kayo
Teruyuki Kagawa
Mochida Kurazo
Sadawo Abe
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru Hirata
Renji Ishibashi
Moro Morooka
Crew
Isao Yukisada
Director
Machiko Nasu
Screenplay
Riuko Tominaga
Producer
Asao Tsunoda
Producer
Yusuke Okada
Executive Producer
Sunao Sakagami
Executive Producer
Kazuhito Amano
Producer
Hiroshi Hayakawa
Executive Producer
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