In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Unfortunately the movie Year One in the North is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Isao Yukisada | Director |
Writing | Machiko Nasu | Screenplay |
Editing | Tsuyoshi Imai | Editor |
Visual Effects | Katsuro Onoue | Visual Effects Producer |
Sound | Hironori Ito | Sound |
Art | Kyōko Heya | Production Design |
Production | Riuko Tominaga | Producer |
Production | Asao Tsunoda | Producer |
Production | Kazuhito Amano | Producer |
Production | Hiroshi Hayakawa | Executive Producer |
Production | Yusuke Okada | Executive Producer |
Production | Sunao Sakagami | Executive Producer |
Camera | Nobuyasu Kita | Director of Photography |
Sound | Michiru Oshima | Original Music Composer |