Synopsis
Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture, the environment is so polluted that the plants in the fields die and the air, which is laden with toxic smoke, can no longer be breathed. But Saburo, the grandson of the village elder, can no longer put up with this and forms the resistance of the villagers. In Junpei, the idealistic employee of Hitachi, he finds an unexpected ally, and together they fight for a way to save the village.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Katsuya MatsumuraDirector
- Katsuya MatsumuraWriter
- Yoshinori WatanabeScreenplay
Cast
- Asato IdeSaburo Sekine
- Dai WatanabeJunpei Kaya
- Riria KojimaChiho Kaya
- Koji KikkawaYoshinosuke Kihara
- Tatsuya NakadaiHyoma Sekine
- Shinya OwadaProfessor Shimura
- Ayako KobayashiFumi
- Hiroyuki WatanabeKisaragi
- Naomasa MusakaYoshinosuke Omura
- Mitsunori IsakiTsuneyoshi Sekine
- Masanori IshiiNamizo Ohira
- Yukijiro HotaruYao Sadakichi
Themes
meiji period