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A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

9.6/10

Release Date

13 September 2024

Country

Japan

Cast

Kanichiro Sato

Kanichiro Sato

Kojiro

Takahiro Miura

Takahiro Miura

Einosuke [Kojiro's older brother]

Masato Wada

Masato Wada

Zensuke

Ryota Bando

Ryota Bando

Young Ainu Man

Takahiro Hirano

Takahiro Hirano

Village Leader

Sahel Rosa

Sahel Rosa

Ainu Woman

Takahiro Fujimoto

Takahiro Fujimoto

Kotone Furukawa

Kotone Furukawa

Kojiro's Childhood Friend

Jun Kaname

Jun Kaname

Atsushi Yamanishi

Atsushi Yamanishi

Yasuko Tomita

Yasuko Tomita

Kojiro's Mother

Naoto Ogata

Naoto Ogata

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