
Mother Country (1962-04-29)
Overview
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.
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Status: Released
Release Date: 1962-04-29
Runtime: 2h 7m
Director: Zenzō Matsuyama
Writer: Eijirō Hisaita, Zenzō Matsuyama