Home from the Sea (film)

Home from the Sea
Home from the Sea
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Screenplay by	Yoji Yamada ; Akira Miyazaki
Starring	Hisashi Igawa ; Chieko Baisho ; Chishū Ryū
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	October 1972;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Home from the Sea (故郷, Furusato) is a 1972 Japanese drama film directed by Yoji Yamada and co-written by Yamada and Akira Miyazaki.^[1]^[2] Set on a small island in the Seto Inland Sea, the film follows the struggles of Seichi and Minko, a couple making a living by transporting rocks by boat and dumping them at construction sites. The film addresses their precarious livelihood and vanishing way of life.^[3]

Cast

Hisashi Igawa as Seiichi Ishizaki
Chieko Baisho as Tamiko Ishizaki
Chishū Ryū as Senzô Ishizaki
Gin Maeda
Mayumi Ito
Kiyoshi Atsumi

Reception

In 1973 Hisashi Igawa received the Best Actor Award at the Kinema Junpo Awards, for his role in the film.^{[citation needed]}

The Japan Society describes it as one of Yamada's seminal films.^[4]

The film was reviewed by the British Federation of Film Societies.^[5] In the journal Film Criticism, it was stated that the film "is virtually a companion piece to The Family."^[6]

References

^ Alexander Jacoby (10 February 2013). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 2011–. ISBN 978-1-61172-531-5. Home From The Sea (Kokyô, 1972) was a drama about life in the island communities of the Inland Sea; Yamada focused with subtle poignancy on the problems of poverty, depopulation, and unemployment.
^ "Home from the sea". Shochiku production company. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
^ Bingham, Adam (June 23, 2015). Contemporary Japanese Cinema Since Hana-Bi. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748683765 – via Google Books.
^ "Commemorating 40 Years, Director Yoji Yamada Curates Screenings From the World's Longest Running Film Series". www.japansociety.org.
^ "Film". British Federation of Film Societies. April 16, 1973 – via Google Books.
^ Nolletti, Arthur (1985). ""A Distant Cry from Spring" and the Structures of Yoji Yamada". Film Criticism. 9 (3): 9–22. JSTOR 44019014.

External links

Home from the Sea at IMDb

[Jacoby2013-1] Alexander Jacoby (10 February 2013). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 2011–. ISBN 978-1-61172-531-5. Home From The Sea (Kokyô, 1972) was a drama about life in the island communities of the Inland Sea; Yamada focused with subtle poignancy on the problems of poverty, depopulation, and unemployment.

[2] "Home from the sea". Shochiku production company. Retrieved 2019-03-17.

[3] Bingham, Adam (June 23, 2015). Contemporary Japanese Cinema Since Hana-Bi. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748683765 – via Google Books.

[4] "Commemorating 40 Years, Director Yoji Yamada Curates Screenings From the World's Longest Running Film Series". www.japansociety.org.

[5] "Film". British Federation of Film Societies. April 16, 1973 – via Google Books.

[6] Nolletti, Arthur (1985). ""A Distant Cry from Spring" and the Structures of Yoji Yamada". Film Criticism. 9 (3): 9–22. JSTOR 44019014.

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