
Film
Mother Country
1962 · 2h 7m · War · Drama
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Overview
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.
Cast

Hideko Takamine

Miyuki Kuwano

Takahiro Tamura

Yoshiko Kuga

Akira Ishihama

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Mickey Curtis

Kōji Mitsui

Yoshi Katō

Masao Shimizu

Akitake Kōno

Kokinji Katsura

Keiju Kobayashi
Crew
- Zenzō MatsuyamaScreenplay · Director
- Eijiro HisaitaScreenplay
- Sennosuke TsukimoriProducer
- Hiroshi KusudaDirector of Photography
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 29, 1962
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Genres
- War, Drama
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