
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

Riri Sasaki

Shin Yasuda
Himself

Nobuo Tsukamoto
Ryota Sawa

Yasukiyo Umeno

Chieko Baisho
Tamiko

Masumi Harukawa
Passengers on Nemuro Main Line

Kiyoshi Atsumi
Traveler

Shin Morikawa
Ryokan Owner

Hisao Dazai
Passengers on Nagasaki Main Line

Senri Sakurai
Himself

Ētarō Ishibashi
Himself

Hiroshi Inuzuka
Himself

Yoshino Tani
Ryokan employee

Ryōko Mizuki
Neighbor

Tokue Hanazawa
Chinke

Hisashi Igawa
Seiichi

Chishū Ryū
Genzo, So's father

Gin Maeda

Hajime Hana
Himself

Chieko Misaki