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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Ken WatanabeKomatsubara Hideaki
Sayuri YoshinagaKomatsubara Shino
Etsushi ToyokawaAshirika
Toshiro YanagibaMamiya Denzo
Satomi IshiharaKomatsubara Tae
Yuriko IshidaMamiya Kayo
Teruyuki KagawaMochida Kurazo
Sadao AbeCast
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru HirataCast
Renji IshibashiCast
Moro MorookaCastExplore the crew
- Editor
- Tsuyoshi Imai
- Director
- Isao Yukisada
- Screenplay
- Machiko Nasu
- Producer
- Riuko Tominaga
- Producer
- Asao Tsunoda
- Producer
- Kazuhito Amano
- Director of Photography
- Nobuyasu Kita
- Original Music Composer
- Michiru Oshima