Year One in the North
Directed by Isao YukisadaIn 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.
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Year One in the North was released on 15 januari 2005.
Year One in the North was directed by Isao Yukisada.
Year One in the North has a runtime of 2h 49m.
Year One in the North was produced by Riuko Tominaga, Asao Tsunoda, Kazuhito Amano.
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.
The key characters in Year One in the North are Komatsubara Hideaki (Ken Watanabe), Komatsubara Shino (Sayuri Yoshinaga), Ashirika (Etsushi Toyokawa).
Year One in the North is a Drama, Historisk film.
Year One in the North has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.
Year One in the North has made 21,4 mn US$ at the box office.