Film
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
About Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
- Drama
- Comedy
- War
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Writers
- Haruo Satō
- Nobuo Yamada
- Original title
- 野ゆき山ゆき海べゆき
