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.

Cast

Chieko Baisho

Tamiko

Hisashi Igawa

Seiichi

Chishū Ryū

Genzo, So's father

Gin Maeda

Masumi Harukawa

Passengers on Nemuro Main Line