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.
Credits
Year One in the North Cast
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Character |
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Ken Watanabe
He was 45, now 64 years old
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as Komatsubara Hideaki |
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Susumu Terajima
He was 41, now 60 years old
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Yuriko Ishida
She was 35, now 54 years old
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as Mamiya Kayo |
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Suzuka Ohgo
She was 11, now 30 years old
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Etsushi Toyokawa
He was 42, now 62 years old
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as Ashirika |
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Teruyuki Kagawa
He was 39, now 58 years old
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as Mochida Kurazo |
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Satomi Ishihara
She was 18, now 37 years old
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as Komatsubara Tae |
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Renji Ishibashi
He was 63, now 82 years old
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Takeo Nakahara
He was 53, now 72 years old
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Morooka Moro
He was 45, now 65 years old
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Kaoru Okunuki
She was 34, now 53 years old
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Toshirō Yanagiba
He was 44, now 63 years old
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as Mamiya Denzo |
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Sayuri Yoshinaga
She was 59, now 79 years old
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as Komatsubara Shino |
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Mitsuru Hirata
He was 51, now 70 years old
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Sadao Abe
He was 34, now 53 years old
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Hideo Sakaki
He was 34, now 53 years old
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Mayu Tsuruta
She was 34, now 53 years old
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Meikyô Yamada
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Kazuki Hiro'oka
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi
He was 39, now 59 years old
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Year One in the North Crew
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Department |
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Isao Yukisada as Director. He was 36 (now 55) years old
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Directing |
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Nobuyasu Kita as Director of Photography. He was 44 (now 63) years old
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Camera |
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Machiko Nasu as Screenplay. She was 52 (now 71) years old
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Writing |
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Tsuyoshi Imai as Editor. He was 35 (now 54) years old
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Editing |
