Strawberry Road (1991 film)

Strawberry Road
Film poster
Directed byKoreyoshi Kurahara
Screenplay byNobuo Yamada
Based onStrawberry Road
by Yoshimi Ishikawa
Produced by
  • Junichi Mimura
  • Shinya Kawai
  • Tomohiro Kaiyama
  • Shinjiro Kayama
  • Kôichi Murakami
  • Dennis Bishop
Starring
CinematographyYûdai Katô
Edited byAkira Suzuki
Music byFred Karlin
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • April 27, 1991 (1991-04-27) (Japan)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryJapan
Languages
  • Japanese
  • English

Strawberry Road (Japanese: ストロベリーロード, Hepburn: Sutoroberi rodo) is a 1991 Japanese drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and written by Nobuo Yamada. It is based on the bestselling memoir of the same name by Yoshimi Ishikawa, first published in 1988 by Hayakawa Publishing. The story follows two Japanese brothers who emigrate to rural California in the 1960s and start a strawberry farm.

As a Japanese-American co-production, Strawberry Road features a multi-national cast and crew, including several Japanese-American actors. It stars Japanese actor Ken Matsudaira in the lead role, alongside Mako, Toshiro Mifune, Mariska Hargitay and Tamotsu Ishibashi, with a cameo appearance by Pat Morita. Toho released the film theatrically on April 27, 1991, in Japan. Fred Karlin composed the film's score.