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Mother Country

Apr 29, 1962 · 2h 7m
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War
Drama

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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 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.

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CAST

Hideko Takamine
Miyuki Kuwano
Takahiro Tamura
Yoshiko Kuga
Akira Ishihama
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Mickey Curtis
Kōji Mitsui
Directed by Zenzō Matsuyama

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Shochiku
Country
JP

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