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Haru and Natsu

IMDb 7.8 2005 77 min DramaFamily

Director

Sugako Hashida

Country

JP

Plot Summary

As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left behind in the care of spiteful relatives. Losing all contact, each must make her own way in an unforgiving world. Hardships abound in the struggle to survive in war-torn Japan and in the face of anti-Japanese sentiment in Brazil, financial ruin, familial pressure, abandonment and lost love. However they also experience the precious joy of survival and success. Now, after 70 years, Haru comes back to Japan to find her estranged sister.

Top Cast

Ryoko Yonekura
Ryoko Yonekura Haru Takakura
Yukie Nakama
Yukie Nakama Natsu Takakura
Takehiro Murata
Takehiro Murata Chuji Takakura
Haruka Sugata
Haruka Sugata Shizu Takakura
Yoshinori Okada
Yoshinori Okada Ryuta Nakayama