Earth (土, Tsuchi) is a 1939 Japanese drama film directed by Tomu Uchida.

[1][2] The plot of Earth focuses on a family of farmers who are down on their luck, but also extensively depicts the rural community's milieu, daily work and way of life.

[3] Director Tomu Uchida's original plan to film Nagatsuka's famous novel was turned down by Nikkatsu, the studio to which he was under contract.

While Uchida was working on other projects for the studio, he began filming Tsuchi on weekends without authorization.

[3] Earth was screened in a restored, though still incomplete print, incorporating the Gosfilmofond version, at the Museum of Modern Art as part of a retrospective on Tomu Uchida in 2016.