A Distant Cry from Spring

Nov 24, 2018

1h 29m

★ 6.0

Overview

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."

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

NHK

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Cast

Kōsaku Tajima

Hiroshi Abe

Tamiko Kazami

Takako Tokiwa

Tarō Abuta

Toshio Kakei

Takeshi Kazami

Yutaro Sato

Suzue Ōsawa

Atsuko Takahata

Yoshio Kazami

Takeo Nakahara

Jirō Abuta

Kintakao

Saburō Abuta

Minoru Matsumoto

Satoru Ōsawa

Yutaka Shimizu

Mr. Nakamura

Kazuyuki Matsuzawa

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Akihiko Ishizumi

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