
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.
Cast

Yasukiyo Umeno

Senri Sakurai
Himself

Yoshino Tani
Ryokan employee

Hisashi Igawa
Seiichi

Gin Maeda

Tokue Hanazawa
Chinke

Ētarō Ishibashi
Himself

Nobuo Tsukamoto
Ryota Sawa

Ryōko Mizuki
Neighbor

Masumi Harukawa
Passengers on Nemuro Main Line

Shin Morikawa
Ryokan Owner

Chieko Misaki

Riri Sasaki

Hiroshi Inuzuka
Himself

Chieko Baisho
Tamiko

Hajime Hana
Himself

Hisao Dazai
Passengers on Nagasaki Main Line

Shin Yasuda
Himself

Chishū Ryū
Genzo, So's father

Kiyoshi Atsumi
Traveler