Where Spring Comes Late
106 mins
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.
Masako Tomiyama
Sumie Kazami
Kôei Yamamoto
Conductor of Nagasaki Main Line
Tomoe Matsuda
Ryota's wife
Michie Terada
Nurse
Yoshiharu Mishima
Executive Producer
Tsuneo Kosumi
Associate Producer
Tetsuo Takaha
Director of Photography
Kiminobu Satō
Art Direction
Sachio Obi
Sound Recordist
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Mixer
Yoshio Uchida
Lighting Technician
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Toshinobu Ohmine
Assistant Director
Kenichi Sakai
Still Photographer