Where Spring Comes Late

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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.

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Cast

Chieko Baisho

Tamiko

Hisashi Igawa

Seiichi

Chishū Ryū

Genzo, So's father

Gin Maeda

Masumi Harukawa

Passengers on Nemuro M

Hajime Hana

Himself

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Traveler

Shin Morikawa

Ryokan Owner

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