Mother Country (1962)

• War
• Drama

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.

Rating

6.8 / 10 (5 votes)

Release date

April 29, 1962

Runtime

2h 07m

Language

Japanese

Director

Zenzō Matsuyama

Status

Released