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. With surprising moments of caricature and slapstick, Obayashi celebrates the anarchic world of adolescence while also satirizing adult hypocrisy and conformism. (Source: Letterboxd) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- עברית / עִבְרִית
- dansk
- Native Title: 野ゆき山ゆき海べゆき
- Also Known As: To the Fields, to the Hills, to the Beaches , Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuk , The Young and Wild
- Director: Obayashi Nobuhiko
- Genres: Historical, Youth, Drama
Cast & Credits
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![Washio Isako in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)]( "Washio Isako in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)")
Washio IsakoO ShouchanMain Role -
![Hayashi Yasufumi in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)]( "Hayashi Yasufumi in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)")
Hayashi YasufumiSudou SotaroMain Role -
![Katagiri Junichiro in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)]( "Katagiri Junichiro in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)")
Katagiri JunichiroOsugi SakaeMain Role -
![Sato Koichi in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)]( "Sato Koichi in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)")
Sato KoichiAoki ChuuiSupport Role -
![Takeuchi Riki in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)]( "Takeuchi Riki in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)")
Takeuchi RikiMr. KawakitaSupport Role -
![Omi Toshinori in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)]( "Omi Toshinori in Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast Japanese Movie (1986)")
Omi ToshinoriHayami YutaSupport Role
Reviews
War is Absurd
It has nakid children saving freshly sold-to-the-brothel girls while singing a jaunty tune.Seriously it is a musical about early WWII Japan before the west got involved. It is so absurd in its portrayal of the ridiculousness of the war itself shown through child's play and the seriousness of reality.
The mostly child cast carries the movie through the harshness of resource poor Japan through symbolism and play. Mock wars to mimic the actual war that is waging at the time. Its kinda deep if you know history and its effects on societies. the thing that brought the rating down for me was the unneeded use of unclothed children.
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