Year One in the North (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.
Director:
Isao Yukisada
Writer:
Machiko Nasu
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Ken Watanabe as Komatsubara Hideaki |
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Sayuri Yoshinaga as Komatsubara Shino |
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Etsushi Toyokawa as Ashirika |
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Toshiro Yanagiba as Mamiya Denzo |
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Satomi Ishihara as Komatsubara Tae |
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Yuriko Ishida as Mamiya Kayo |
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Teruyuki Kagawa as Mochida Kurazo |
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Sadao Abe as |
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi as |
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Mitsuru Hirata as |
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Renji Ishibashi as |
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Moro Morooka as |
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Takeo Nakahara as |
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Suzuka Ohgo as |
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Kaoru Okunuki as |
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Shugo Oshinari as |
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Susumu Terajima as |
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Mayu Tsuruta as |
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Hideo Sakaki as |
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Kazuki Hiro'oka as |
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Meikyo Yamada as |
| Editing | Tsuyoshi Imai | Editor |
| Directing | Isao Yukisada | Director |
| Writing | Machiko Nasu | Screenplay |
| Art | Kyōko Heya | Production Design |
| Production | Riuko Tominaga | Producer |
| Production | Asao Tsunoda | Producer |
| Production | Yusuke Okada | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Katsuro Onoue | Visual Effects Producer |
| Production | Sunao Sakagami | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kazuhito Amano | Producer |
| Production | Hiroshi Hayakawa | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Nobuyasu Kita | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Michiru Oshima | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Shinsuke Ohno | Assistant Director |
| Art | Nobumasa Ohba | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Makoto Sasaki | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | 北神行雄 | Music Producer |
| Sound | Genichi Tsushima | Music Producer |
| Sound | Hironori Ito | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Masatoshi Saito | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Yuki Nakamura | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masae Miyamoto | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shiori Nagaoka | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | 真霜和生 | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | 佐藤百合香 | Costume Design |
| Directing | Toshimasa Miyamura | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mizuho Kudô | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | 大木茂 | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Michiki Nobutaka | VFX Supervisor |