Mother Country (1962)

overview : 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 subtroipical 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.

Release Date : Apr 29, 1962

Runtime : 2h 7m

Genre : War  Drama  

Companies : Shochiku

Countries : Japan

Keywords : immigrant, hawaii, 1940s, 1910s, 1930s