From the Northern Country (1981)
Original title: 北の国から
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Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature - willingly and sometimes forcibly - in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, learning the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.
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Kunie TanakaGoru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
Hidetaka YoshiokaJun Kuroita (黑板纯)
Tomoko NakajimaHotaru Kuroita (黑板萤)
Koichi IwakiSota Kitamura (北村草太)
Miyuki MatsudaTsurara Yoshimoto (吉本冰丽)
Takeo ChiiKazuo Nakahata (中畑和夫)
Mayumi ShimizuMizue Nakahata (中畑瑞惠)
Hideji ŌtakiSeikichi Kitamura (北村清吉)
Keiko TakeshitaYukiko Miyamae (宫前雪子)
Ayumi IshidaReiko KuroitaMovie DNA
Genre affinityFamilyPacingShortEmotional intensityFamilyDirector preference1222099 · 239362 · 3259471Actor preference197270 · 374630 · 440840Country preferenceJp
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What is From the Northern Country about?
Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature - willingly and sometimes forcibly - in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, learning the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.
How long is From the Northern Country?
From the Northern Country has a runtime of 45 minutes.