Brand new Available 06/10 In the 1940s, on the brink of war, Japan sank into dictatorship and closed its borders. In this context, the international trade company Fukuhara is struggling to maintain its activity. Its president, the charismatic Yusaku, decides to look for new supply channels in Manchuria, a province in northern China that has come under Japanese control and is presented as a land of abundance... Despite the concern of his wife, Satoko , he embarks on a journey of several months with his nephew Fumio.
Upon their return, Satoko smells a change...worse, the smell of secrecy. Fumio abruptly leaves, and Yusaku announces to his wife that he intends to arrange their departure to the United States, a potential enemy of Japan... What happened to them during their excursion into conquered territory?
After the horror inHideoutand the western inGreen Blood, the talented Masasumi Kakizaki tackles historical romance in this magnificent adaptation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film.
