Senbon Matsubara: Kawa to Ikiru Shounen-tachi

Senbon Matsubara: Kawa to Ikiru Shounen-tachi | せんぼんまつばら 川と生きる少年たち | 1000 Pine Groves | One Thousand Pine Groves | A Lot of Pine Wood

After suffering severe floods in 1753, the people of Senbon Matsubara in Shizuoka cooperate on flood prevention around the Kiso, Nagara, and Yuhi rivers. The people of Satsuma (Kumamoto Prefecture) endure...  great hardships after being forced to undertake the work by the central government, a subtle indication of the bad feeling that would foment into open rebellion the following century. (Source: AnimeVice)show more