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Year One in the North

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Original title

Kita no zeronen

Year

2005

Running time

170 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Isao Yukisada

Screenwriter

Machiko Nasu

Cast

Music

Michiru Ôshima

Cinematography

Nobuyasu Kita

Producer

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, TV Asahi, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai, Toei, Tokio FM

Genre

Drama | 19th Century

Synopsis

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.

Awards: 2006: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: Best Actress. 14 nominations

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Year One in the North

2005

Isao Yukisada