Movielogr
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Overview
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.
Length 135 minutes
Actors
Isako Washio | Yasufumi Hayashi | Jun'ichirô Katagiri | Aiko Shouriki | Koichi Sato | Riki Takeuchi | Toshinori Omi | Makoto Satō | Nenji Kobayashi | Akira Ôizumi | Guts Ishimatsu | Tôru Minegishi | Wakaba Irie | Kumeko Uchibe | Sen Hara | Shigeru Izumiya | Toshie Negishi | Jô Shishido | Tomokazu Miura | Saburo Boya