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.

• Yoji YamadaDirector
• Yoji YamadaScreenplay
• Akira MiyazakiScreenplay
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

• Chieko BaishoTamiko
• Hisashi IgawaSeiichi
• Chishū RyūGenzo, So's father
• Gin MaedaCast
• Masumi HarukawaPassengers on Nemuro Main Line
• Hajime HanaHimself
• Kiyoshi AtsumiTraveler
• Shin MorikawaRyokan Owner
• Tokue HanazawaChinke
• Chieko MisakiCast
• Yasukiyo UmenoCast
• Tsuyoshi KinoshitaSon