A Distant Cry from Spring

Name: A Distant Cry from Spring
Director: Yoji Yamada
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980-03-15
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baisho, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tetsuya Takeda, Noko Konoha

“A man, a woman, and her son – three lives thrown together on a stormy night.”

1980

2h 3m

Drama

Director: Yoji Yamada

Writers: Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama

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Overview

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.