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 subtroipical 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.

Released April 29, 1962 127 min None+

Genres: Drama, War

Keywords: tmdb.hawaii, tmdb.immigrant, tmdb.1940s, tmdb.1910s, tmdb.1930s, aspectratio.2-35-1

Production Companies: Shochiku

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese