Hometown
1983, Japanese. Directed by Seijiro Koyama.
Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built, thus forcing a relocation of the farmers. One of them is 78-year-old Denzo, whose son and his wife consider him senile. Left alone, he befriends a young boy, Sentaro, who has heard that the old man was once a great angler. The unlikely pair spend lots of happy time together, until Denzo has a heart attack and dies far upstream. The dam is completed and the entire area is inundated. Everyone will move away, except Denzo.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 15 September 1983
- Original title
- ふるさと
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Seijiro Koyama
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Hometown runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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Hometown isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 September 1983. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Hometown?
Hometown (1983) was directed by Seijiro Koyama and stars Yoshi Katō, Hiroyuki Nagato, Fumie Kashiyama.