Year One in the North (2005)
Original title: 北の零年
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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.
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Ken WatanabeKomatsubara Hideaki
Sayuri YoshinagaKomatsubara Shino
Etsushi ToyokawaAshirika
Toshiro YanagibaMamiya Denzo
Satomi IshiharaKomatsubara Tae
Yuriko IshidaMamiya Kayo
Teruyuki KagawaMochida Kurazo
Sadao Abe
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru Hirata
Renji Ishibashi
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What is Year One in the North about?
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.
How long is Year One in the North?
Year One in the North has a runtime of 169 minutes.