野ゆき山ゆき海べゆき (1986)

Drama

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.

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Runtime: 135 mins Rating: 8.5

Cast

Tomokazu Miura

Soutaroh's Father

Koichi Sato

Chuui Aoki

Riki Takeuchi

Kawakita-sensei

Nenji Kobayashi

Sakae's Father

Toshie Negishi

Sakae's Mother

Yasufumi Hayashi

Classmate

Isako Washio

O-Shouchan

Shigeru Izumiya

Old Fisherman