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Mother Country
Mother Country

Mother Country

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WarDrama

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In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the subtroipical climate, the immigrants have to cope with a hard life. But after years of hard work, Yoshio finds work as a teacher while his wife manages to open a small grocery store. But with the war around the corner, life becomes more and more complicated for the Japanese immigrants in a foreign country.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

127 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

29 April 1962

Country

Japan

Cast

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Miyuki Kuwano

Miyuki Kuwano

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

Akira Ishihama

Akira Ishihama

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Kokinji Katsura

Kokinji Katsura

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

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