A young boy named Guskou lives in the countryside with his parents and little sister. A string of droughts and other natural disasters tear the family apart, and Guskou is forced to leave home and seek his fortunes on his own. Driven by a desire to improve the quality of life of his poor countrymen, he eventually joins a group of scientists called the Ihatov Volcano Department; he takes part in scientific projects to fight the natural disasters that drove him from his home.

Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer...
From Bjørnson's novels about romance in 19th century Norway. Thorbjörn Granliden is raised severely ...

David is a troubled city boy, being looked after by his uncle on a farm. He is initiated into the dr...

Brian Everett's younger brother Sam goes missing on the island of Tasmania during the middle of a my...

Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppr...

Alison, left to manage an ailing farm and an alcoholic father-in-law after her husband’s sudden deat...

In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the wo...

Kyle and Jen, estranged siblings, travel from New York City to rural Pennsylvania to pack up the hom...

Two sisters navigating the no man's land between childhood and adulthood have to deal with the conse...

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail ...

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary hous...

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers...

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbu...

Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay,...

An offbeat romantic comedy about a decent guy, Ray Tuckby, with a dead-end life in the dead-end town...

Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating t...

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...

After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively m...

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.