Movie Description
瀬降り物語
(1985)Overview
The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen when the military police come to take Seburi men away into the army. Still following their own customs that can be harsh at times, and are particularly cruel to women (women must give birth alone and unaided, a woman's adultery is punished by burying her up to her neck in the earth and then leaving her for days), the Seburi are mainly treated with fear and animosity by the non-Seburi townspeople of the region. Along with the hardships arising from cultural clashes, nature's own vagaries present other challenges to the Seburi -- who still lived in tents until the 1950s. Winter avalanches and snowstorms cause as much havoc as the tensions engendered by the slow encroachment of the modern world.
Featured Crew
Cast
Hajime Kinoshita
Kuni
Hana
Hide
Mitsu
Jiro
Kazuo
Kuzushiri
Kamezo
Tome
Ayutachi
Imasuke
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Facts
Original Title瀬降り物語
Status Released
Release Information
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1985-05-11
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 05m
Production CompaniesToei Company
Genres
- Drama
