CinemaOSMovie · 1962 · 2h 7m

Mother Country

68%(5)IMDbWarDrama

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.

Directed byZenzō Matsuyama

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 7m
Language
JA
Released
April 29, 1962
Studios
Shochiku

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Zenzō Matsuyama
Zenzō Matsuyama
Written by
Eijiro Hisaita
Eijiro Hisaita
Zenzō Matsuyama
Zenzō Matsuyama
Produced by
Sennosuke Tsukimori

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