- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1971-05-08
- Director: Yoji Yamada
- Writers: Akira Miyazaki , Yoji Yamada
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Chieko Baisho , Hisashi Igawa , Chishū Ryū , Gin Maeda , Masumi Harukawa , Hajime Hana , Kiyoshi Atsumi , Shin Morikawa , Tokue Hanazawa , Chieko Misaki
- Runtime: 106 min
- Awards: 10 wins
- AKA: Kazoku , Where Spring Comes Late (United States of America) , Wo der Frühling später kommt , Foråret kommer sent (Denmark) , Família (Brazil) , Kevät saapuu myöhään (Finland) , A Wedding , 家族 (Japan) , Семья , 家族 (Taiwan)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0067296
Where Spring Comes Late Cast · · · ALL
Yoji Yamada
Director
Chieko Baisho
Tamiko
Hisashi Igawa
Seiichi
Chishū Ryū
Genzo, So's father
Tsuyoshi Kinoshita
Son
Yasukiyo Umeno
Gin Maeda
Hisao Dazai
Passengers on Nagasaki Main Line
Kôei Yamamoto
Conductor of Nagasaki Main Line
Risato Sasaki
Tokue Hanazawa
Chinke
Hajime Hana
Himself
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Himself
Senri Sakurai
Himself
Chieko Misaki
Shin Morikawa
Ryokan Owner
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Traveler
Nobuo Tsukamoto
Ryota Sawa
Michie Terada
Nurse
Yoshino Tani
Ryokan employee
Ryōko Mizuki
Neighbor
Masumi Harukawa
Passengers on Nemuro Main Line