Sisam
A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.
Director: Hiroyuki Nakao
Cast
Kanichiro
Kojiro
Takahiro Miura
Einosuke [Kojiro's older brother]
Masato Wada
Zensuke
Ryota Bando
Young Ainu Man
Sahel Rosa
Ainu Woman
Takahiro Fujimoto
Jun Kaname
Kotone Furukawa
Kojiro's Childhood Friend
Atsushi Yamanishi
Yasuko Tomita
Kojiro's Mother
Naoto Ogata
Takahiro Hirano
Village Leader
