Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

Name: Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Genre: Drama, Comedy, War
Released: 1986-10-04
Duration: 2 h 15 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Isako Washio, Yasufumi Hayashi, Riki Takeuchi, Koichi Sato, Jun'ichirô Katagiri

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi

Drama

Comedy

War

19862h 15m6.7

Overview

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.