Plot Summary
Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built, thus forcing a relocation of the farmers. One of them is 78-year-old Denzo, whose son and his wife consider him senile. Left alone, he befriends a young boy, Sentaro, who has heard that the old man was once a great angler. The unlikely pair spend lots of happy time together, until Denzo has a heart attack and dies far upstream. The dam is completed and the entire area is inundated. Everyone will move away, except Denzo.
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Director & Crew
Seijiro Koyama
Director
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It has an IMDb rating of 9.0/10 based on 1 votes.
Who directed Hometown?
Hometown was directed by Seijiro Koyama and released in 1983.
How long is Hometown?
Hometown has a runtime of 1 hours and 46 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1983-09-15
- Status
- Released