Mother Country

Storyline

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 subtropical 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.

Cast & Crew

Hideko Takamine

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Lead

Miyuki Kuwano

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Takahiro Tamura

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Yoshiko Kuga

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Akira Ishihama

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Tamotsu Hayakawa

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Mickey Curtis

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Kōji Mitsui

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