Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)

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.

• Release Date: 1986-10-04
• Runtime: 2h 15min
• Production Company: Nippon Television Network Corporation
• Production Country: Japan
• Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
• Writer: Nobuo Yamada