Climbing to Spring
春を背負って
Release: 2014-06-14
·Runtime: 116m
·★ 8.3
Drama
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father’s footsteps?
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Fuji Television Network
Horipro
TOHO
The Kitanippon Shimbun
Toho Pictures
Cast
Kenichi Matsuyama
as Toru
Yu Aoi
as Ai Takazawa
Sosuke Ikematsu
as Koichi Sunaga
Sakura Ando
as Yuri Nakagawa
Renji Ishibashi
as Hisao Nozawa
Isao Natsuyagi
Kaoru Kobayashi
as Isao Nagamine
Etsushi Toyokawa
as Goro Tada
Hirofumi Arai
as Satoshi Nakagawa
Hisashi Igawa
as Bunji
Toru Nakamura
as Takashi Asakura
Eisaku Yoshida
Yoshie Ichige
as Kane Takano
Fumi Dan
as Sumire Nagamine
Taro Suruga
as Taichi Nishimura
Momoko Kato
as Mountain climber
