Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
Original title: 家族
Where Spring Comes Late is a 1970 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yoji Yamada, with a running time of 1h 46m. It stars Chieko Baisho, Hisashi Igawa and Chishū Ryū.
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.