Farewell to the Land

Farewell to the Land

130 mins | Drama | April 9, 1982

Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.

Farewell to the Land

130 mins | Drama | April 9, 1982

Farewell to the Land
Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Gunro
Original title さらば愛しき大地
Directors Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Writers Mitsuo Yanagimachi

Cast

Jinpachi Nezu

as Yukio Yamazawa

Kumiko Akiyoshi

as Junko

Jirô Chiba

as Akihiko Yamazawa

Miyako Yamaguchi

as Fumie Yamazawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

as Prayer

Keizo Kanie

as Daijin

Gō Awazu

as Driver

Sumiko Hidaka

as Ine Yamazawa

Yudai Ishiyama

as Manager

Nenji Kobayashi

as Farmer

Kōjirō Kusanagi

as Takejiro Yamazawa

Seiji Matsuyama

as Fumie's brother

Yuichi Minato

as Office worker

Aoi Nakajima

as Fumiko

Rei Okamoto

as Taiwanese woman

Kiminobu Okumura

as Koichiro Yamazawa

Sumie Sasaki

as Junko's mother

Akiko Shikata

as Office worker