Mother Country (1962)

6.8/10 • 127 min • War Drama

Overview

In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the subtropical climate, the immigrants have to cope with a hard life. But after years of hard work, Yoshio finds work as a teacher while his wife manages to open a small grocery store. But with the war around the corner, life becomes more and more complicated for the Japanese immigrants in a foreign country.

Cast

Hideko Takamine

Miyuki Kuwano

Takahiro Tamura

Yoshiko Kuga

Akira Ishihama

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Mickey Curtis

Kōji Mitsui

Yoshi Katō

Masao Shimizu

Kokinji Katsura

Keiju Kobayashi

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