Year One in the North
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- Movie: Year One in the North
- Romaji: Kita no zeronen
- Japanese: 北の零年
- Director: Isao Yukisada
- Writer: Machiko Nasu
- Producer: Yusuke Okada, Riuko Tominaga
- Cinematographer: Nobuyasu Kita
- Release Date: January 15, 2005
- Runtime: 168 min.
- Distributor: Toei
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Komatsubara Shino (Sayuri Yoshinaga) and her husband Hideaki (Ken Watanabe) are exiled to Hokkaido, the northernmost island in Japan, during the tumultuous years at the end of the nineteenth century. The family begins their struggle to carve out a new life for themselves in the rugged wilderness, but nothing will grow in the cold and hostile land. Hideaki leaves Hokkaido to learn about new farming technology and his family waits in vain for his return. Several years later, American advisors arrive in Hokkaido and Shino finds herself running a farm, with the help of an Ainu (Japanese indigenous tribe) man named Ashirika (Etsushi Toyokawa). Gradually, Shino and Ashirika's relationship blossoms into love. However, the government orders them to get rid of the horses that they depend on for farming. The man selected to help in this endeavor is none other than her former husband, Hideaki, who is now married to another woman. With Ashirika's help, Shino manages to get the horses back and she decides to remain alone in the wilderness she has grown to love.
Cast
- Sayuri Yoshinaga - Shino Komatsubara
- Ken Watanabe - Hideaki Komatsubara
- Etsushi Toyokawa - Ashirika
- Toshiro Yanagiba - Denzo Mamiya
- Yuriko Ishida - Kayo Mamiya
- Teruyuki Kagawa - Kurazo Mochida
- Satomi Ishihara - Tae Komatsubara
- Sadao Abe - Matajuro Nakano
- Yu Fujiki - Kamejiro Nakano
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi - Keiichiro Hase
- Mitsuru Hirata - Eita Kawakubo
- Renji Ishibashi - Kahei Horibe
- Haruko Mabuchi - Sue Hase
- Moro Morooka
- Takeo Nakahara - Uchida
- Suzuka Ohgo - Tae Komatsubara, as a little girl
- Kaoru Okunuki - Sato Hase
- Shugo Oshinari
- Rikiya Otaka
- Susumu Terajima - Kanji Hanamura
- Mayu Tsuruta - Otsuru
- Hideo Sakaki
- Kazuki Hirooka
- Meikyo Yamada
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Awards
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" (Sayuri Yoshinaga) - 2006 (29th) Japan Academy Prize - March 3, 2006
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