Farewell to the Land

1982

Japanese

6.9

Mitsuo Yanagimachi Director

Sumiko Hidaka as Ine Yamazawa

Kumiko Akiyoshi as Junko

Kazuko Shirakawa as Prayer

Jinpachi Nezu as Yukio Yamazawa

Yukio is 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.