A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community creates friction amongst the proud residents.
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The people behind it
Shinjirō Ehara
Eijirō Tōno
Yūko Mochizuki
Masako Nakamura
Izumi Hara
Isao Kimura
Hitomi Nakahara
Yoshiko Okada
Isao Yamagata
Yoshi Katō
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