1000 Pine Groves

After suffering severe floods in 1753, the people of Senbon Matsubara in Shizuoka cooperate on flood prevention around the Kiso, Nagara, and Yuhi rivers. The people of Satsuma (Kumamoto Prefecture) endure great hardships after being forced to undertake the work by the central government, a subtle indication of the bad feeling that would foment into open rebellion the following century.

Director: Satoshi Dezaki

Cast: Nozomu Sasaki, Bin Shimada, Hiroshi Masuoka, Mizuka Arima, Akiko Yajima

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.