CinemaOSMovie · 1985 · 1h 40m

When Winter Comes

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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.

Directed byYukio Fukamachi

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
JA
Released
March 30, 1985
Studios
NHK

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring
Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Kayoko Kishimoto

Kayoko Kishimoto

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Mitsuo Senda

Mitsuo Senda

Masahiko Tanimura

Masahiko Tanimura

Yūki Mizuhara

Yūki Mizuhara

Kenichi Kaneda

Kenichi Kaneda

Creative team
Directed by
Yukio Fukamachi
Yukio Fukamachi
Written by
Taichi Yamada
Taichi Yamada

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