Year One in the North
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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.
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Cast
30 people
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Komatsubara Shino
Known for
Buddha: The Great Departure
The Makioka Sisters
Ken Watanabe
Komatsubara Hideaki
Known for
Inception
The Last Samurai
Machiko Nasu
Isao Yukisada
Also in
Crime or Punishment?!?
Yusuke Okada
Also in
Take Care, Red Riding Hood
Battle Cry
Nobuyasu Kita
Etsushi Toyokawa
Ashirika
Known for
Love Letter
Midway
Tsuyoshi Imai
Riuko Tominaga
Toshiro Yanagiba
Mamiya Denzo
Known for
Only Yesterday
Space Battleship Yamato
Satomi Ishihara
Komatsubara Tae
Known for
Shin Godzilla
Unnatural
Yuriko Ishida
Mamiya Kayo
Known for
Princess Mononoke
From Up on Poppy Hill
Isao Yukisada Director · Machiko Nasu Screenplay Michiru Oshima Composer
Worldwide gross $21M · First release January 15, 2005 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$21,360,942
Production
Toei Company
Production
TV Asahi
Production
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Production
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Production
Hokkaido Television Broadcasting
Production
Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting
Production
Hiroshima Home Television
Production
Toei Tokyo
Production
Toei Video Company
Production
Kaga Electronics
Production
Tokyo FM
Production
Nippan Group Holdings
Production
Up Front
Production
Hokkaido Railway Company
Production
Hokkaido Shinbun Press
Production
Sapporo Breweries
Production
GEO CORPORATION
Production
Prism
Production
The Asahi Shimbun
Production
STELLAR PLACE SAPPORO
Production
Circle K Sunkus
Production
Harvest Futures
Production
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.
Production
Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
北の零年
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 15, 2005
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Thailand
February 16, 2006
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