Mother Country
Mother Country

Movie·1962·2h 7m

Mother Country

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 山河あり

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 subtropical 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.

Written By

Eijiro Hisaita

Producer

Sennosuke Tsukimori

Cinematography

Hiroshi Kusuda

Music

Chūji Kinoshita

Themes

immigranthawaii1940s1910s1930s

Production House

Shochiku

Audience Score

68%

5 votes

Skip10%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection27%

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// cast

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

// crew

Crew

Hiroshi Kusuda

Director of Photography

Zenzō Matsuyama

Zenzō Matsuyama

Screenplay, Director

Chūji Kinoshita

Chūji Kinoshita

Original Music Composer

Eijiro Hisaita

Eijiro Hisaita

Screenplay

Sennosuke Tsukimori

Producer

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