Mother Country (1962)

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.

Released

1962-04-29

Genres

War, Drama

Runtime

127 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Eijiro Hisaita, Zenzō Matsuyama, Zenzō Matsuyama

TMDB rating

6.8/10 from 5 votes