Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
Original title: 野ゆき山ゆき海べゆき
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast is a 1986 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, with a running time of 2h 15m. It stars Isako Washio, Yasufumi Hayashi and Riki Takeuchi.
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.
Cast
- Isako Washio as O-Shouchan
- Yasufumi Hayashi as Soutaroh Sudou
- Riki Takeuchi as Kawakita
- Koichi Sato as Chuui Aoki
- Jun'ichirô Katagiri as Sakae Ohsugi
- Aiko Shouriki as Mizue Okami
- Toshinori Omi as Yuuta Hayami
- Makoto Satō as Seiroku the Pimp
- Nenji Kobayashi as Gonzoh
- Akira Ōizumi as School Custodian
- Guts Ishimatsu as Gunroh Tabata
- Toru Minegishi as Sakae's Father