Where Spring Comes Late

Where Spring Comes Late

106 mins | Drama | Oct. 24, 1970

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.

Where Spring Comes Late

106 mins | Drama | Oct. 24, 1970

Where Spring Comes Late
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 家族
Directors Toshinobu Ohmine, Yoji Yamada
Writers Akira Miyazaki, Yoji Yamada

Cast

Chieko Baisho

as Tamiko

Hisashi Igawa

as Seiichi

Chishū Ryū

as Genzo, So's father

Masako Tomiyama

as Sumie Kazami

Hisao Dazai

as Passengers on Nagasaki Main Line

Kôei Yamamoto

as Conductor of Nagasaki Main Line

Tokue Hanazawa

as Chinke

Hajime Hana

as Himself

Hiroshi Inuzuka

as Himself

Senri Sakurai

as Himself

Êtarô Ishibashi

as Himself

Shin Yasuda

as Himself

Shin Morikawa

as Ryokan Owner

Kiyoshi Atsumi

as Traveler

Nobuo Tsukamoto

as Ryota Sawa

Tomoe Matsuda

as Ryota's wife

Michie Terada

as Nurse

Yoshino Tani

as Ryokan employee

Ryōko Mizuki

as Neighbor

Masumi Harukawa

as Passengers on Nemuro Main Line