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.

Cast

Isako Washio

as O-Shouchan

Yasufumi Hayashi

as Soutaroh Sudou

Riki Takeuchi

as Kawakita

Koichi Sato

as Chuui Aoki

Jun'ichirô Katagiri

as Sakae Ohsugi

Aiko Shouriki

as Mizue Okami

Toshinori Omi

as Yuuta Hayami

Makoto Satō

as Seiroku the Pimp

Nenji Kobayashi

as Gonzoh

Akira Ōizumi

as School Custodian

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