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Year One in the North
Year One in the North

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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

169 mins

Rating

4.9/10

Release Date

14 January 2005

Country

Japan

Cast

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Komatsubara Hideaki

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Komatsubara Shino

Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Ashirika

Toshiro Yanagiba

Toshiro Yanagiba

Mamiya Denzo

Satomi Ishihara

Satomi Ishihara

Komatsubara Tae

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Mamiya Kayo

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Mochida Kurazo

Sadawo Abe

Sadawo Abe

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Moro Morooka

Moro Morooka

Takeo Nakahara

Takeo Nakahara

Suzuka Ohgo

Suzuka Ohgo

Kaoru Okunuki

Kaoru Okunuki

Shugo Oshinari

Shugo Oshinari

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Mayu Tsuruta

Mayu Tsuruta

Hideo Sakaki

Hideo Sakaki

Kazuki Hiro'oka

Kazuki Hiro'oka

Meikyo Yamada

Meikyo Yamada

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