Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
Director:
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writer:
Nobuo Yamada
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Isako Washio as O-Shouchan |
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Yasufumi Hayashi as Soutaroh Sudou |
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Riki Takeuchi as Kawakita |
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Koichi Sato as Chuui Aoki |
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Jun'ichirô Katagiri as Sakae Ohsugi |
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Aiko Shouriki as Mizue Okami |
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Toshinori Omi as Yuuta Hayami |
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Makoto Satō as Seiroku the Pimp |
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Nenji Kobayashi as Gonzoh |
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Akira Ōizumi as School Custodian |
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Guts Ishimatsu as Gunroh Tabata |
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Toru Minegishi as Sakae's Father |
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Wakaba Irie as Soutaroh's Mother |
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Kumeko Uchibe as Old Woman at Stone Image |
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Izumi Hara as Old Woman with Urn |
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Shigeru Izumiya as Old Fisherman |
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Toshie Negishi as Sakae's Mother |
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Joe Shishido as School Principal |
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Tomokazu Miura as Soutaroh's Father |
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Saburō Bōya as Bonchan's Father |
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Sound | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Production Design |
| Writing | Haruo Satō | Original Story |
| Sound | Shouhei Hayashi | Sound Designer |
| Production | Shiro Sasaki | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Yoshitaka Sakamoto | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michio Morioka | Producer |
| Production | Kyōko Ōbayashi | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Nobuo Yamada | Screenplay |