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69% Critic Match
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
6.9 / 10• 1986• 2h 15m•NR• Japanese
DramaComedyWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Isako Washio
O-Shouchan
Lead
Yasufumi Hayashi
Soutaroh Sudou
Riki Takeuchi
Kawakita
Koichi Sato
Chuui Aoki
JK
Jun'ichirô Katagiri
Sakae Ohsugi
AS
Aiko Shouriki
Mizue Okami
Toshinori Omi
Yuuta Hayami
Makoto Satō
Seiroku the Pimp
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nobuhiko Obayashi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
