
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986•135 min•
★6.7
DramaComedyWar
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.
Cast & Crew

Isako Washio
O-Shouchan

Yasufumi Hayashi
Soutaroh Sudou

Jun'ichirô Katagiri
Sakae Ohsugi

Aiko Shouriki
Mizue Okami

Koichi Sato
Chuui Aoki

Riki Takeuchi
Kawakita

Toshinori Omi
Yuuta Hayami

Makoto Satō
Seiroku the Pimp

Nenji Kobayashi
Gonzoh

Akira Ōizumi
School Custodian

DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi











