The Bridge Between aka Mother Country
1962 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan
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. Zenzo Matsuyama's second feature film, starring Takahiro Tamura and Matsuyama's wife Hideko Takamine.
Direction Zenzo Matsuyama
Cast Takahiro Tamura · Hideko Takamine · Tamotsu Hayakawa · Mickey Curtis · Keiju Kobayashi · Yoshiko Kuga · Akira Ishihama · Miyuki Kuwano · Kokinji Katsura · Akitake Kôno · Hiroji Mitsui
Soundtrack Chuji Kinoshita
Screenplay Eijiro Hisaito · Zenzo Matsuyama
Cinematography Hiroyuki Kusuda
Original title Sanga ari
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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