Mother Country (1962)
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.
Director:
Zenzō Matsuyama
Writers:
Eijiro Hisaita, Zenzō Matsuyama.
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Hideko Takamine as |
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Miyuki Kuwano as |
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Takahiro Tamura as |
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Yoshiko Kuga as |
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Akira Ishihama as |
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Tamotsu Hayakawa as |
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Mickey Curtis as |
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Kōji Mitsui as |
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Yoshi Katō as |
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Masao Shimizu as |
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Akitake Kōno as |
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Kokinji Katsura as |
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Keiju Kobayashi as |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hideko Takamine | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Ryuji Matsumoto | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Ryozo Toyoshima | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Hiroshi Kusuda | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Eijiro Hisaita | Screenplay |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Screenplay |
| Directing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Director |
| Production | Sennosuke Tsukimori | Producer |
| Art | Shigemasa Toda | Art Direction |
