EndedNHK1984-01-08

Burning Mountain River

Name: Burning Mountain River
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-01-08
Rating: 8
Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō II, Toshirō Mifune, Kenji Sawada, Kiyoshi Kodama, Toshiyuki Nishida

山河燃ゆ

Drama~45 min

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NHK

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First aired

1984-01-08

Last aired

1984-12-23

Language

Rating

8.0 / 10

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Synopsis and details

The three Amaba brothers are second-generation Japanese Americans, whose allegiances are torn by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Determined to show his loyalty to his adopted country, Isamu volunteers for the U.S. Army and is shipped off to fight in Europe. A second brother, studying in Japan at the outbreak of hostilities, is conscripted to fight against the Americans as a Japanese soldier. The third brother Kenji (Matsumoto) avoids conflict by enlisting as a military interpreter, in which capacity he witnesses the war crimes trials that followed Japan's defeat.