The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...
Ratings
TMDB7.5/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Yoshikata YodaScreenplay
- Hiroshi ShimizuDirector
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ken UeharaKazuhiko Onuma
- Michiyo KogureTsuruko
- Keizō KawasakiMasao Yagi
- Chieko NaniwaChieko Naniwa
- Takeshi SakamotoCast
- Bontarō MiakeCast
- Kumeko UrabeCast
- Eijirō YanagiCast
- Kōji ShimizuCast
- Yoshiko FujitaYuko
- Midori EjimaCast
- Setsuko HamaCast