From the Northern Country
8.2
Season 1
60 min
S1 · E1 · Oct 9, 1981
Episode 1 Episode 1
60 min
S1 · E2 · Oct 16, 1981
Episode 2 Episode 2
60 min
S1 · E3 · Oct 23, 1981
Episode 3 Episode 3
60 min
S1 · E4 · Oct 30, 1981
Episode 4 Episode 4
60 min
S1 · E5 · Nov 6, 1981
Episode 5 Episode 5
60 min
S1 · E6 · Nov 13, 1981
Episode 6 Episode 6
60 min
S1 · E7 · Nov 20, 1981
Episode 7 Episode 7
60 min
S1 · E8 · Nov 27, 1981
Episode 8 Episode 8
60 min
S1 · E9 · Dec 4, 1981
Episode 9 Episode 9
60 min
S1 · E10 · Dec 11, 1981
Episode 10 Episode 10
60 min
S1 · E11 · Dec 18, 1981
Episode 11 Episode 11
60 min
S1 · E12 · Dec 25, 1981
Episode 12 Episode 12
60 min
S1 · E13 · Jan 8, 1982
Episode 13 Episode 13
60 min
S1 · E14 · Jan 15, 1982
Episode 14 Episode 14
60 min
S1 · E15 · Jan 22, 1982
Episode 15 Episode 15
60 min
S1 · E16 · Jan 29, 1982
Episode 16 Episode 16
60 min
S1 · E17 · Feb 5, 1982
Episode 17 Episode 17
60 min
S1 · E18 · Feb 12, 1982
Episode 18 Episode 18
60 min
S1 · E19 · Feb 19, 1982
Episode 19 Episode 19
60 min
S1 · E20 · Feb 26, 1982
Episode 20 Episode 20
60 min
S1 · E21 · Mar 5, 1982
Episode 21 Episode 21
60 min
S1 · E22 · Mar 12, 1982
Episode 22 Episode 22
60 min
S1 · E23 · Mar 19, 1982
Episode 23 Episode 23
60 min
S1 · E24 · Mar 26, 1982
Episode 24 Episode 24
24 episodes in Season 1
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Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature - willingly and sometimes forcibly - in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, learning the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.
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Cast
10 people
Kunie Tanaka
Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Jun Kuroita (黑板纯)
Known for
Godzilla Minus One
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Tomoko Nakajima
Hotaru Kuroita (黑板萤)
Known for
The Taste of Tea
Tokyo Family
Koichi Iwaki
Sota Kitamura (北村草太)
Known for
Memoirs of a Murderer
Miyuki Matsuda
Tsurara Yoshimoto (吉本冰丽)
Known for
Audition
Tokyo Vice
Takeo Chii
Kazuo Nakahata (中畑和夫)
Known for
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Lady Snowblood
Mayumi Shimizu
Mizue Nakahata (中畑瑞惠)
Also in
Tokyo Knights
Smashing the 0-Line
Hideji Ōtaki
Seikichi Kitamura (北村清吉)
Known for
Kagemusha
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Keiko Takeshita
Yukiko Miyamae (宫前雪子)
Known for
Arrietty
From Up on Poppy Hill
Ayumi Ishida
Reiko Kuroita
Also in
Smile
Submersion of Japan
Takuji Tominaga Director · Shigemichi Sugita Director Yoshiaki Yamada Director
Total runtime 18h 0m · Episode length 45 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
October 9, 1981
Final episode
June 9, 1995
Status
Ended
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
45 min
Total runtime
18h 0m
Original language
Japanese
Production
Fuji Television Network
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
北の国から
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Some details come from TheTVDB.