Year One in the North
2005, Japanese. Directed by Isao Yukisada.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Isao YukisadaDirector
- Sayuri YoshinagaKomatsubara Shino
- Ken WatanabeKomatsubara Hideaki
- Etsushi ToyokawaAshirika
- Toshiro YanagibaMamiya Denzo
- Satomi IshiharaKomatsubara Tae
- Yuriko IshidaMamiya Kayo
- Teruyuki KagawaMochida Kurazo
- Sadao AbeCast
- Mitsuru FukikoshiCast
- Mitsuru HirataCast
- Renji IshibashiCast
- Moro MorookaCast
Details
- Released
- 15 January 2005
- Original title
- 北の零年
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Machiko Nasu
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Year One in the North runs 169 minutes (2h 49m).
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Year One in the North isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 January 2005. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Year One in the North?
Year One in the North (2005) was directed by Isao Yukisada and stars Sayuri Yoshinaga, Ken Watanabe, Etsushi Toyokawa.