Film

Sisam

9.320241h 55mDrama History

Director: Hiroyuki Nakao
Year: 2024

A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.

Top cast

Kanichiro

Kojiro

Takahiro Miura

Einosuke [Kojiro's older brother]

Masato Wada

Zensuke

Ryota Bando

Young Ainu Man

Sahel Rosa

Ainu Woman

Takahiro Fujimoto

Jun Kaname

Kotone Furukawa

Kojiro's Childhood Friend

Atsushi Yamanishi

Yasuko Tomita

Kojiro's Mother

Naoto Ogata

Takahiro Hirano

Village Leader

Directed by

Hiroyuki Nakao

Written by

Masaya Ozaki

Produced by

Riko Higa