

Homeland
2014-03-01 · 118 min · ★ 5.7
Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Before long, members of his family come and join him.
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- Directors
- Nao Kubota
- Production companies
- WOWOW, Pony Canyon, Horipro, Bitters End, IMAGINE INC, L'espace Vision, solidjam
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kenichi MatsuyamaJiro
Seiyo UchinoSouichi
Yuko TanakaTomiko
Sakura AndoMisa
Takashi YamanakaKitamura
Yoji Tanaka
Ken Mitsuishi
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