JAPAN · 1986
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Japanese New Wave
pre war nationalism
social class and exploitation
coming of age
sibling protection
rival alliance
Synopsis
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.
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