This Country's Sky
In suburban Tokyo in 1945, years of war and concentrated air raids by US forces have left the city in tatters and the population poor, tired, and hungry. The 19-year-old Satoko and her mother bide their time working nominal jobs and trying to stave off hunger. A displaced aunt turns up looking for shelter, but she is just another hungry mouth to feed. Satoko is becoming a woman and is drawn to the only eligible man in the neighborhood. This is a decidedly quiet film that focuses on a single character and her survival in dire circumstances in the spring of her life.
Cast
Fumi Nikaido
as Satoko
Hiroki Hasegawa
as Ichikawa
Youki Kudoh
as Satoko's mother
Yasuko Tomita
as
Go Riju
as
Koichi Ueda
as
Renji Ishibashi
as
Eiji Okuda
as
