Kita no zeronen 2005

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.

Cast:

Ken Watanabe
Komatsubara Hideaki 

Sayuri Yoshinaga
Komatsubara Shino 

Etsushi Toyokawa
Ashirika 

Toshiro Yanagiba
Mamiya Denzo 

Satomi Ishihara
Komatsubara Tae 

Yuriko Ishida
Mamiya Kayo 

• Year One in the North