It depicts the half-life of a Korean man who was forcibly taken to Japan during the Pacific War.
(Source: J-Wiki)

~~ Adapted from the novel “The Three Straits” (三たびの海峡) by Hahakigi Hosei (帚木蓬生), which was inspired by 1939 recruitment of Koreans during the Japanese colonial era.

Mitabi.no.Kaikyo.AKA.The.Three.Straits.1995.Seijiro.Koyama.DVDRip.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	2h 03mn
Size: 	3.84 GiB
Video
Codec: 	MPEG
Resolution: 	720x480
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	29.970 fps
Bit rate: 	3 983 kb/s
BPP: 	0.385
Audio:  Japanese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 448 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/6543338FE2489B7/Mitabi.no.Kaikyo.AKA.The.Three.Straits.1995.Seijiro.Koyama.DVDRip.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:None

Many thanks to @Evan for this copy

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Synopsis:
Deep in the mountains of Japan where a dam is scheduled to be constructed, the residents of a village which will be submerged after the project is completed are busily preparing to relocate. Seventy-eight year old Denzo is now senile and has to stay in a detached room while his son and his wife are out working. Sentaro, a school student son of a neighbour sympathizes with lonely old Denzo. One day during summer vacation Denzo takes Sentaro to a stream to catch fish. The day they must leave the village is approaching. Sentaro asks Denzo to take him rather far up the stream. While fishing, Denzo suffers a heart attack and died before his son and neighbours can take him home.

Home Village (1983).avi

General
Container:  	AVI
Runtime: 	1h 46mn
Size: 	1.46 GiB
Video
Codec: 	XviD
Resolution: 	640x480 
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	1 509 Kbps
BPP: 	0.205
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AC-3 @ 448 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/F439496E9614C50/Home_Village_(1983).avi

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:None

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Synopsis:
A puppy was born in Akita Prefecture and sent as a gift to Professor Ueno of Tokyo University. Although professor’s wife does not want keep the dog. Professor Ueno loves the puppy so much and names it Hachi. Professor goes to work by railways everyday. Hachi walks to Shibuya Station with Professor each morning and greets him in the evening, no matter what the weather is. One day, Professor Ueno has a stroke and passed away. His family sold the house and moved to another city, but Hachi keeps visiting the house and waiting at the Shibuya station, believing his master.

ABOUT HACHIKO (taken from en.wikipedia.org)
Hachiko (Born November 10, 1923, died March 8, 1935), sometimes known in Japanese as ?? ??? (chuken hachiko, lit. ‘faithful dog Hachiko’), was an Akita dog born in November 1923 in the city of Odate, Akita Prefecture remembered for his remarkable and touching loyalty to his master.

Life
In 1924, Hachiko was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesamuro Ueno (?????), a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. During his owner’s life, Hachiko saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. Even after Ueno’s death in May 1925, Hachiko returned every day to the station to wait for him, and did so for the next 11 years. Hachiko’s devotion to his lost master moved those around him, who nicknamed him “faithful dog”.

Publication
That same year, another of Ueno’s former students (who had become something of an expert on Akitas) saw the dog at the station and followed him to the Kobayashi home where he learned the history of Hachiko’s life. Shortly after this meeting, the former student published a documented census of Akitas in Japan. His research found only 30 purebred Akitas remaining, including Hachiko from Shibuya Station. Ueno’s former student returned frequently to visit the dog and over the years published several articles about Hachiko’s remarkable loyalty. In 1932 one of these articles, published in Tokyo’s largest newspaper, threw the dog into the national spotlight. Hachiko became a sensation throughout the land. His faithfulness to his master’s memory impressed the people of Japan as a spirit of family loyalty all should strive to achieve. Teachers and parents used Hachiko’s vigil as an example for children to follow. A well-known Japanese artist rendered a sculpture of the dog, and throughout the country a new awareness of the Akita breed grew.

Death
Hachiko died on March 8, 1935, of filariasis. His stuffed and mounted remains are kept at the National Science Museum in Ueno, Tokyo.

1.50GB | 1h 47mn | 824×464 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/9E37283ACF6D926/Hachiko_Monogatari_(1987)_–_Seijiro_Koyama.mkv https://nitro.download/view/6C14C1D7578A3D3/Hachiko_Monogatari_(1987)_–_Seijiro_Koyama.srt

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, Russian, Chinese (muxed), English (srt)

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