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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

Original Title: 野ゆき山ゆき海べゆき

19862h 15m
DramaComedyWar

Status

Released

Release

1986

Runtime

2h 15m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 15m
Oct 4, 1986
Languages
Japanese
Director
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Nippon Television Network Corporation
VAP
VAP
Production Countries
Japan

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