Mother Country
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.
Director: Zenzō Matsuyama
Cast
Hideko Takamine
Miyuki Kuwano
Takahiro Tamura
Yoshiko Kuga
Akira Ishihama
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Mickey Curtis
Kōji Mitsui
Yoshi Katō
Masao Shimizu
Akitake Kōno
Kokinji Katsura
