Movie: Where Spring Comes Late

Top 10 Billed Cast

Chieko Baisho
倍賞千恵子

Tamiko

Hisashi Igawa
井川比佐志

Seiichi

Chishū Ryū
笠智衆

Genzo, So's father

Gin Maeda
前田吟

Masumi Harukawa
春川ますみ

Passengers on Nemuro Main Line

Hajime Hana
ハナ肇

Himself

Kiyoshi Atsumi
渥美清

Traveler

Shin Morikawa
森川信

Ryokan Owner

Tokue Hanazawa
花沢徳衛

Chinke

Chieko Misaki
三崎千恵子

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1970-10-24

  • Average

    7.6

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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