When Winter Comes
1985•1h 40m•Released
TV MovieFamilyDrama
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
Writer
Taichi Yamada
Languages
Japanese
Studio
NHK
Cast
Chishū Ryū
Kayoko Kishimoto
Eitarō Ozawa
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sadako Sawamura
Mitsuo Senda
Masahiko Tanimura
Yūki Mizuhara
Kenichi Kaneda
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