Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Released: 1986
Drama, Comedy, War
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
Starring: Isako Washio, Yasufumi Hayashi, Jun'ichirô Katagiri, Aiko Shouriki, Koichi Sato, Riki Takeuchi, Toshinori Omi, Makoto Satō
Directed by: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Written by: Shinobu Yamada, Haruo Satô
Language: Japanese
Scenes
Sakae Ohsugi (Jun'ichirô Katagiri) accidentally open a door of stall of unisex restroom that a girl student still squatting (Japanese style toilet) there in elementary school. This make the girl there shout and get him into trouble.
Alternate Titles
To the Fields, to the Hills, to the Beaches (Alternative)
Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki (literal)
The Young and Wild (Tokyo International Film Festival)