When Winter Comes

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 30, 1985

Original language

English

Production

NHK

Cast

Mitsuo Senda,Kamatari Fujiwara,Masahiko Tanimura,Eitarō Ozawa,Kayoko Kishimoto,Yūki Mizuhara,Sadako Sawamura,Chishū Ryū,Kenichi Kaneda

Director

Yukio Fukamachi

Writer

Taichi Yamada

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1608142