Movie: A Distant Cry from Spring

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hiroshi Abe
阿部寛

Kōsaku Tajima

Takako Tokiwa
常盤貴子

Tamiko Kazami

Toshio Kakei
筧利夫

Tarō Abuta

Yutaro Sato
Yutaro Sato

Takeshi Kazami

Atsuko Takahata
高畑淳子

Suzue Ōsawa

Takeo Nakahara
中原丈雄

Yoshio Kazami

Kintakao
Kintakao

Jirō Abuta

Minoru Matsumoto
松本実

Saburō Abuta

Yutaka Shimizu
清水優

Satoru Ōsawa

Kazuyuki Matsuzawa
松澤一之

Mr. Nakamura

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    After Tamiko Kazami's husband passes away, she works their dairy farm. People around her oppose her, but she places her cattle out to pasture which her late husband insisted. Tamiko's situation is not very good. Her father-in-law's chronic disease gets worse and she must do all the labor by herself. One night, a man comes to stay the night because of a broken bike. Tamiko asks him "Please work here."

  • Release Date

    2018-11-24

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    6

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    日本語
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