A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)
Original title: 遙かなる山の呼び声
A Distant Cry from Spring is a 2018 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yuzo Asahara, with a running time of 1h 29m. It stars Hiroshi Abe, Takako Tokiwa and Toshio Kakei.
After Tamiko Kazami's husband passes away, she works their dairy farm. People around her oppose her, but she places her cattle out to pasture which her late husband insisted. Tamiko's situation is not very good. Her father-in-law's chronic disease gets worse and she must do all the labor by herself. One night, a man comes to stay the night because of a broken bike. Tamiko asks him "Please work here."
Cast
- Hiroshi Abe as Kōsaku Tajima
- Takako Tokiwa as Tamiko Kazami
- Toshio Kakei as Tarō Abuta
- Yutaro Sato as Takeshi Kazami
- Atsuko Takahata as Suzue Ōsawa
- Takeo Nakahara as Yoshio Kazami
- Kintakao as Jirō Abuta
- Minoru Matsumoto as Saburō Abuta
- Yutaka Shimizu as Satoru Ōsawa
- Kazuyuki Matsuzawa as Mr. Nakamura
- Akihiko Ishizumi as Yamanaka Detective
- Jakujaku Katsura as Ōsumi Veterinary