Mother Country (1962)
Original title: 山河あり
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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.
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Hideko Takamine
Miyuki Kuwano
Akira Ishihama
Mickey Curtis
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Takahiro Tamura
Yoshiko Kuga
Keiju Kobayashi
Yoshi Katō
Kōji Mitsui
Akitake Kōno
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What is Mother Country about?
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.
How long is Mother Country?
Mother Country has a runtime of 127 minutes.