Year One in the North

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Etsushi Toyokawa · Ken Watanabe · Mitsuru Fukikoshi · Mitsuru Hirata · Sadao Abe · Satomi Ishihara · Sayuri Yoshinaga · Teruyuki Kagawa · Toshiro Yanagiba · Yuriko Ishida · Isao Yukisada · Machiko Nasu

Studios & networks

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation · Circle K Sunkus · GEO CORPORATION · Harvest Futures · Hiroshima Home Television · Hokkaido Railway Company · Hokkaido Shinbun Press · Hokkaido Television Broadcasting · Kaga Electronics · Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting · Nagoya Broadcasting Network · Nippan Group Holdings