Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japanese engineers also move to China, with their families, for the company in order to construct a canal. There are young Chinese resisting the Japanese in this area.
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Takako Irie
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Sadao Maruyama
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Setsuko Hara
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Susumu Fujita
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Sanshiro Sugata
Ryō Ikebe
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Unpei Yokoyama
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Yuriko Hanabusa
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Fusako Fujima
Known for
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Aiko Satomi
Also in
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Ureo Egawa
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Sachiko Chiba
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Yo Shiomi
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Yasujirō Shimazu Director · Yusaku Yamagata Writer Fumio Hayasaka Composer
First release April 1, 1942 · Produced in Japan · Original title 緑の大地
Production
Toho Eiga
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Japan
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Original title
緑の大地
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 1, 1942
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No release date listed for United States.
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