Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Oct 04 1986
•2h 15m
•Drama, Comedy, War
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
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Isako Washio
O-Shouchan
Yasufumi Hayashi
Soutaroh Sudou
Jun'ichirô Katagiri
Sakae Ohsugi
Aiko Shouriki
Mizue Okami
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