The Land of Hope (2012)
An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half of the area designated as an evacuation area.
Director: Sion Sono
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Isao Natsuyagi as Yasuhiko Ono |
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Naoko Ohtani as Chieko Ono |
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Jun Murakami as Yoichi Ono |
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Megumi Kagurazaka as Izumi Ono |
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Yutaka Shimizu as Mitsuru Suzuki |
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Hikari Kajiwara as Yoko |
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Daikichi Sugawara as Shimura |
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Takashi Yamanaka as Kato |
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Kenzō Kawarasaki as Gynecologist |
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Mariko Tsutsui as Meiko Suzuki |
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Denden as Ken Suzuki |
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Akira Hamada as Matsuzaki |
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Gitan Ohtsuru as Police Officer Tanaka |
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Satoru Matsuo as Police Officer Terayama |
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Ryotaro Yonemura as Gas Station Attendant |
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Mizushima |
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Yūsuke Iseya as Tanigawa |
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Toru Tezuka as Host on TV |
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Sotaro Tanaka as Guest of Talk Event |
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Hiroshi Honjomaru as Yoichi's Coworker |
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Motoki Fukami as Yoichi's Coworker |
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Hiroshi Omori as Yoichi's Coworker |
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Fusako Urabe as Hiromi |
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Hajime Inoue as Cop |
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Keisuke Horibe as G-man on TV |
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Tetsushi Tanaka as Umibe's Father |
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Mana Yoshimuta as |
| Writing | Sion Sono | Writer |
| Directing | Sion Sono | Director |
| Camera | Shigenori Miki | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Shinichi Matsukuma | Lighting Design |
| Directing | Satoshi Yoshida | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Junichi Ito | Editor |
| Art | Akira Ishige | Decorator |
| Production | Adam Torel | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Hajime Komiya | Sound Recordist |
| Production | James Liu | Co-Producer |
| Production | Takeshi Suzuki | Line Producer |
| Production | Yuji Sadai | Producer |
| Production | Mizue Kunizane | Producer |