When Winter Comes
Release Date: 1985-03-30
Rating : 0/10
Duration : 100 minutes
Genres : TV Movie, Family, Drama
Director : Yukio Fukamachi
Writer : Taichi Yamada
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.
Cast
Chishū Ryū
Kayoko Kishimoto
Eitarō Ozawa
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sadako Sawamura
Mitsuo Senda