Mother Country

Synopsis

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

Written by

Eijiro Hisaita

Music

Chūji Kinoshita

Studio

Shochiku

Released

29 April 1962

Genres

War, Drama