In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the subtroipical climate, the immigrants have to cope with a hard life. But after years of hard work, Yoshio finds work as a teacher while his wife manages to open a small grocery store. But with the war around the corner, life becomes more and more complicated for the Japanese immigrants in a foreign country.
Directing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Director |
Art | Shigemasa Toda | Art Direction |
Production | Sennosuke Tsukimori | Producer |
Writing | Eijirō Hisaita | Screenplay |
Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Hiroshi Kusuda | Director of Photography |
Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Screenplay |
Sound | Ryuji Matsumoto | Sound Recordist |
Lighting | Ryozo Toyoshima | Lighting Technician |
Costume & Make-Up | Hideko Takamine | Costume Supervisor |