A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
Director:
Yoji Yamada
Writers:
Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama.
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Ken Takakura as Kosaku Tajima |
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Chieko Baisho as Tamiko Kazami |
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Hidetaka Yoshioka as Takeshi Kazami |
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Tetsuya Takeda as Katsuo |
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Noko Konoha as Kayoko |
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Mizuho Suzuki as Shuunichiro Tajima |
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Tokuko Sugiyama as Housewife Next Door |
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Tappei Shimokawa as |
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Taijirou Ono as |
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Yasuhisa Sonoda as |
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Takuji Aoki as |
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Gō Awazu as Saburo Abuta |
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Kyōichi Satō as |
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Megumi Otake as |
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Kazuhiko Kasai as |
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Seiji Shinohara as |
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Keiji Tsuchida as |
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Nobuo Takagi as |
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Masao Irie as |
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Hajime Hana as |
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Kiyoshi Atsumi as Kondo |
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Masanori Hata as Veterinarian |
| Directing | Yoji Yamada | Director |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tetsuo Takaha | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kiyoshi Shimazu | Producer |
| Editing | Iwao Ishii | Editor |
| Art | Mitsuo Degawa | Art Direction |
| Art | Takeshi Machida | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Yoji Yamada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yoshitaka Asama | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hiroshi Nakamura | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ryuji Matsumoto | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Yoshifumi Aoki | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Keiji Igarashi | Assistant Director |
| Production | Hisamune Tamau | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Junichi Mine | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Art | Katsuo Kojima | Set Designer |
| Camera | Sôhei Hasegawa | Still Photographer |