When Winter Comes

Name: When Winter Comes
Director: Yukio Fukamachi
Released: 1985-03-30
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Kayoko Kishimoto, Eitarō Ozawa, Kamatari Fujiwara, Sadako Sawamura

Mar 30, 1985 · 1h 40m · TV Movie, Family, Drama

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Director Yukio Fukamachi

Writer Taichi Yamada

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.