Where Spring Comes Late

Name: Where Spring Comes Late
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-10-24
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Chieko Baisho, Hisashi Igawa, Chishū Ryū, Gin Maeda, Masumi Harukawa

October 24, 1970
Directed by
Yoji Yamada

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.