
Year One in the North
Drama · History
Overview
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Top Cast


Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe
Komatsubara Hideaki
Ken Watanabe
Komatsubara Hideaki


Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Komatsubara Shino
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Komatsubara Shino


Etsushi Toyokawa
Etsushi Toyokawa
Ashirika
Etsushi Toyokawa
Ashirika


Toshiro Yanagiba
Toshiro Yanagiba
Mamiya Denzo
Toshiro Yanagiba
Mamiya Denzo


Satomi Ishihara
Satomi Ishihara
Komatsubara Tae
Satomi Ishihara
Komatsubara Tae


Yuriko Ishida
Yuriko Ishida
Mamiya Kayo
Yuriko Ishida
Mamiya Kayo


Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa
Mochida Kurazo
Teruyuki Kagawa
Mochida Kurazo


Sadao Abe
Sadao Abe
Sadao Abe


Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru Fukikoshi


Mitsuru Hirata
Mitsuru Hirata
Mitsuru Hirata
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