Sanga Moyu

Sanga Moyu (山河燃ゆ) is a Japanese television drama based on the 1983 novel Futatsu no Sokoku (二つの祖国) by Toyoko Yamazaki. It was NHK's taiga drama in 1984. Synopsis The Amo family lives in Los Angeles, California. Two of the sons, Kenji and Tadashi, live in Japan. Kenji returns to the United States before war broke out in 1941, and is sent to Manzanar with his family as part of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Kenji joins the United States Army and is sent to fight in the Philippines, where he shoots Tadashi, who joined the Imperial Japanese Army. Isamu, the third son, joins the 442nd. After the war Kenji finds Nagiko, a childhood friend who had confessed her love for him just before he returned to the United States. She was a victim of the bombing of Hiroshima. Kenji then becomes an interpreter at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, where he commits suicide in the courtroom because of the internal turmoil caused by his split loyalties. Cast Matsumoto Kōshirō IX as Kenji Amo Toshiyuki Nishida as Tadashi Amo Kenji Sawada as Charlie Tamiya Yoko Shimada as Nagiko (Imoto) Tamiya Yumi Takigawa as Emi (Hatanaka) Amo Minoru Ōki as Imoto Toshiro Mifune as Otoshichi Amo Keiko Tsushima as Teru Amo as Isamu Amo Yoshie Kashiwabara as Haruko Amo