The Land of Hope

Name: The Land of Hope
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-10-20
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Ohtani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka, Yutaka Shimizu

2012·Drama·2h 13m

7.1

★

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half of the area designated as an evacuation area.

Directed by Sion Sono

evacuation

earthquake

great east japan earthquake

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Cast

Isao Natsuyagi

Yasuhiko Ono

Naoko Ohtani

Chieko Ono

Jun Murakami

Yoichi Ono

Megumi Kagurazaka

Izumi Ono

Yutaka Shimizu

Mitsuru Suzuki

Hikari Kajiwara

Yoko

Daikichi Sugawara

Shimura

Takashi Yamanaka

Kato

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Gynecologist

Mariko Tsutsui

Meiko Suzuki

Denden

Ken Suzuki

Akira Hamada

Matsuzaki

Crew

Sion Sono

Director

Sion Sono

Writer

Junichi Ito

Editor

Yuji Sadai

Producer

Popular Reviews

6 reviews

mikeyj2

7.0★ · 02/17/16

Sion Sono at his most mature. The Land of Hope is a very emotionally moving picture, something I never thought I'd say about any of Sion Sono's works. This is such a pleasant surprise, I'm glad I stan for a director who is never drab and who continues to build up such a diverse filmography.

MattiMor

9.0★ · 07/09/26

Remi

7.2★ · 08/02/25

Jacob Toney

7.0★ · 12/04/19

Dani

7.0★ · 02/07/19