Farewell to the Land

Farewell to the Land

Saraba itoshiki daichi
🎞️ Movie 130 min JP
โ˜… 6.9 /10 1982

Influenced by Bresson and Mizoguchi, Farewell takes a detached view of its protagonist Yukio (Jinpachi Nezu), an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues — an alienation that, as the film's title suggests, seems to derive from the industrialization of his farming community.

Cast

Jinpachi Nezu
Jinpachi Nezu
Yukio Yamazawa
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Junko
๐Ÿ‘ค
Jirô Yabuki
Akihiko Yamazawa
Miyako Yamaguchi
Miyako Yamaguchi
Fumie Yamazawa
Gô Awazu
Gô Awazu
Driver
Sumiko Hidaka
Sumiko Hidaka
Ine Yamazawa
Yûdai Ishiyama
Yûdai Ishiyama
Manager
Keizô Kanie
Keizô Kanie
Daijin
Nenji Kobayashi
Nenji Kobayashi
Farmer
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Takejiro Yamazawa
๐Ÿ‘ค
Toshiaki Yokota
Composer
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Masaki Tamura
Cinematographer