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.

Released Jan. 14, 2005 169 min None+

Genres: Drama, History

Keywords: soundmix.dolby-digital, aspectratio.2-35-1, tmdb.meiji-period, tmdb.hokkaido-japan, tmdb.1870s

Production Companies: tv asahi, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co. (HTB), KBC + 17 more, Hiroshima Home Television, Toei Tokyo, Kaga Electronics, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Company, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Up Front, Hokkaido Railway Company, Hokkaido Shinbun Press, Sapporo Breweries, Prism, Asahi Shimbunsha, STELLAR PLACE SAPPORO, Circle K Sunkus, GEO CORPORATION, Harvest Futures, Toei Company, Ltd., Toei Video Company, Ltd.