
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

Ētarō Ishibashi
Himself

Kiyoshi Atsumi
Traveler

Shin Morikawa
Ryokan Owner

Chieko Misaki

Shin Yasuda
Himself

Ryōko Mizuki
Neighbor

Gin Maeda

Hajime Hana
Himself

Hiroshi Inuzuka
Himself

Senri Sakurai
Himself

Yoshino Tani
Ryokan employee

Chieko Baisho
Tamiko

Hisashi Igawa
Seiichi

Tokue Hanazawa
Chinke

Yasukiyo Umeno

Nobuo Tsukamoto
Ryota Sawa

Chishū Ryū
Genzo, So's father

Masumi Harukawa
Passengers on Nemuro Main Line

Hisao Dazai
Passengers on Nagasaki Main Line

Riri Sasaki