The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen when the military police come to take Seburi men away into the army. Still following their own customs that can be harsh at times, and are particularly cruel to women (women must give birth alone and unaided, a woman's adultery is punished by burying her up to her neck in the earth and then leaving her for days), the Seburi are mainly treated with fear and animosity by the non-Seburi townspeople of the region. Along with the hardships arising from cultural clashes, nature's own vagaries present other challenges to the Seburi -- who still lived in tents until the 1950s. Winter avalanches and snowstorms cause as much havoc as the tensions engendered by the slow encroachment of the modern world.
Credits
The Seburi Story Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Taiji Tonoyama
He was 69, 73 years old when he died
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as Kamezo |
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Kenichi Hagiwara
He was 34, 68 years old when he died
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as Hajime Kinoshita |
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Takashi Naito
He was 29, now 69 years old
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as Kazuo |
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Rei Okamoto
She was 5, now 34 years old
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as Tome |
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Asao Uchida
He was 64, 76 years old when he died
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as Ayutachi |
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Ken Mitsuishi
He was 23, now 63 years old
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as Jiro |
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Hideo Murota
He was 47, 64 years old when he died
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as Kuzushiri |
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Ai Saotome
She was 26, 51 years old when she died
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as Hana |
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Yumiko Fujita
She was 39, now 79 years old
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as Kuni |
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Nenji Kobayashi
He was 42, now 81 years old
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Eiko Nagashima
She was 29, now 69 years old
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as Mitsu |
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Yoshio Ichikawa
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as Imasuke |
The Seburi Story Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Sadao Nakajima as Director. He was 50 (now 90) years old
|
Directing |
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Sadao Nakajima as Screenplay. He was 50 (now 90) years old
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Writing |
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Takayuki Inoue as Original Music Composer. He was 44 (77) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Masao Satô as Producer. |
Production |
