

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Ken Watanabe
Komatsubara Hideaki

Sayuri Yoshinaga
Komatsubara Shino

Etsushi Toyokawa
Ashirika

Toshiro Yanagiba
Mamiya Denzo

Satomi Ishihara
Komatsubara Tae

Yuriko Ishida
Mamiya Kayo

Teruyuki Kagawa
Mochida Kurazo

Sadawo Abe

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Hirata

Renji Ishibashi

Moro Morooka

Takeo Nakahara

Suzuka Ohgo

Kaoru Okunuki

Shugo Oshinari

Susumu Terajima

Mayu Tsuruta

Hideo Sakaki
Kazuki Hiro'oka

Meikyo Yamada
Crew
Director
Screenplay
Editor
Production Design
Sound
Visual Effects Producer
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Details
Release Date
2005-01-14
Runtime
169 min
Original Language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Production Companies
Toei Company
Toei Labo Tech
Malin Post Production.
TV Asahi
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Hokkaido Television Broadcasting
Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting
Hiroshima Home Television
Toei Tokyo
Toei Video Company
Kaga Electronics
Tokyo FM
Nippan Group Holdings
Up Front
Hokkaido Railway Company
Hokkaido Shinbun Press
Sapporo Breweries
GEO CORPORATION
Prism
OKAYASU SHOJI
The Asahi Shimbun
STELLAR PLACE SAPPORO
Circle K Sunkus
Countries
Japan
Genres
Drama
History