Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (6.9)

Movie · 1986 · 2 h 15 min · Drama, Comedy, War

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

Directed by: 大林宣彦

Starring 鷲尾いさ子, 林泰文, 竹内力, 佐藤浩市, 片桐順一郎, Aiko Shouriki, Toshinori Omi, 佐藤允, 小林稔侍, 大泉滉

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