When Winter Comes (1985)
An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his deathbed and develops a faint affection for an elegant old woman, but the purpose of his journey is actually to find a place to die. He gives a large sum of money to a young couple, who are poor but have a dream for the future, and tries to throw himself into the sea. The movie depicts the loneliness of an old man who has lost his wife.
Director: Yukio Fukamachi
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Chishū Ryū as |
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Kayoko Kishimoto as |
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Eitarō Ozawa as |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as |
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Sadako Sawamura as |
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Mitsuo Senda as |
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Masahiko Tanimura as |
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Yūki Mizuhara as |
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Kenichi Kaneda as |
| Directing | Yukio Fukamachi | Director |
| Sound | Kurodo Mori | Music |
| Writing | Taichi Yamada | Writer |
