When Winter Comes

When Winter Comes

1985
1h 40m
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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
NHK
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title 冬構え
Release Date March 30, 1985
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt1608142

Cast

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

Key Crew

Yukio Fukamachi
Director
Taichi Yamada
Writer