¡Promised Land
¡Japanese Movie
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[Machine Translation] This is a story of two young men who try to break through something in themselves by shooting a bear in the mountains where the reverence and symbiosis with nature that humans have willingly lost survives. In the midst of the magnificent wilderness, they unleash their "true sense of living". Based on Kazuichi Iijima's "Promist Land," which won the 40th Shosetsu Gendai New Writer Award. Starring Rairin Sugita and Kanichiro Sugita, who are both young talented actors, the film is a powerful tag team. The mature veteran actors include Masaki Miura, Fusako Urabe, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, and Kaoru Kobayashi. The director is Masashi Iijima, who carries on the hard lineage of the Japanese film industry. This film marks his feature film debut, following his documentary "MATAGI" ( 23 ), which closely follows the matagi people of the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture, where this film is set. This is the second project ( YOIHI PROJECT ) by Mitsuo Harada, one of Japan's leading film art directors. --A town in the mountains in springtime in Tohoku, where the tradition of matagi has been passed down from generation to generation. Nobuyuki (Rairin Sugita), a 20-year-old high school graduate helping his parents with their work, is fed up with the closed-off lifestyle of the area, but he just goes about his daily life as he goes along. One day, at a meeting of matagi hunters, Shimoyama ( Kaoru Kobayashi ), the leader of the bear hunt, tells them something unexpected. It seems that this year's application has not been approved," he says. The government has issued a notice prohibiting bear hunting this year due to a decrease in the number of bears. If they violate the law, they will be considered poachers and their way of life as matagi will be closed. While everyone accepts the decision with disappointment, only Reijiro (Kanichiro), Nobuyuki's older brother, stubbornly refuses. Later, Nobuyuki is summoned by Reijiro, who tells him of a secret plan for the two of them to go bear hunting together...
Original Release Year: 2024
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