Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

135 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 4, 1986

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

135 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 4, 1986

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP
Original title 野ゆき山ゆき海べゆき
Directors Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writers Shinobu Yamada, Haruo Satô

Cast

Isako Washio

as O-Shouchan

Yasufumi Hayashi

as Soutaroh Sudou

Jun'ichirô Katagiri

as Sakae Ohsugi

Aiko Shouriki

as Mizue Okami

Koichi Sato

as Chuui Aoki

Riki Takeuchi

as Kawakita-sensei

Toshinori Omi

as Yuuta Hayami

Makoto Satō

as Seiroku the Pimp

Nenji Kobayashi

as Gonzoh

Akira Ôizumi

as School Custodian

Guts Ishimatsu

as Gunroh Tabata

Saburoh Bouya

as Bonchan's Father

Tōru Minegishi

as Sakae's Father

Wakaba Irie

as Soutaroh's Mother

Kumeko Uchibe

as Old Woman at Stone Image

Izumi Hara

as Old Woman with Urn

Shigeru Izumiya

as Old Fisherman

Toshie Negishi

as Sakae's Mother

Jō Shishido

as School Principal

Tomokazu Miura

as Soutaroh's Father