From the Northern Country(1981)

series - first aired/released 1981-10-09 - audience 8.9

Family

Directed by Shigemichi Sugita, Takuji Tominaga, Yoshiaki Yamada

Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature - willingly and sometimes forcibly - in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, learning the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.