A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 14, 2005
Original Title:
北の零年
Alternate Titles:
Kita no reinen
Kita no zeronen
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
Toei Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 169
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.
Director:
Isao Yukisada
Director of Photography:
Nobuyasu Kita
Editor:
Tsuyoshi Imai
Executive Producer:
Hiroshi Hayakawa
Yusuke Okada
Sunao Sakagami
Original Music Composer:
Michiru Oshima
Producer:
Riuko Tominaga
Asao Tsunoda
Kazuhito Amano
Production Design:
Kyōko Heya
Screenplay:
Machiko Nasu
Sound:
Hironori Ito
Visual Effects Producer:
Katsuro Onoue
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