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Mother Country

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.

1962 |2h 7m |  War, Drama

Cast

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Hideko Takamine

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Miyuki Kuwano

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Takahiro Tamura

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Yoshiko Kuga

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Akira Ishihama

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Mickey Curtis

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Kōji Mitsui

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Yoshi Katō

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Masao Shimizu

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Kokinji Katsura

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Keiju Kobayashi

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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