Feature2005·169m·5.7

Year One in the North

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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.

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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

Sadao Abe

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Hirata

Renji Ishibashi

Moro Morooka

Takeo Nakahara

Suzuka Ohgo

Kaoru Okunuki

Shugo Oshinari

Susumu Terajima

Mayu Tsuruta

Hideo Sakaki

Kazuki Hiro'oka

Details

Status
Released
Original language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Toei CompanyTV AsahiAsahi Broadcasting CorporationNagoya Broadcasting NetworkHokkaido Television BroadcastingKyushu Asahi Broadcasting

Crew

Director

Isao Yukisada

Writers

Machiko Nasu

Tsuyoshi Imai

Editor

Kyōko Heya

Production Design

Nobuyasu Kita

Director of Photography

Michiru Oshima

Original Music Composer

Masae Miyamoto

Costume Design

Shiori Nagaoka

Costume Design

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