Where Spring Comes Late
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| image = Kazoku where spring comes late 1970.jpg
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| director = Yoji Yamada
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| screenplay = Yoji Yamada
Akira Miyazaki
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| starring = Chieko Baisho
Hisashi Igawa
Chishū Ryū
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| studio = Shochiku
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| released = {{Film date|1970|10|24}}
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
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{{Nihongo|Where Spring Comes Late|家族|Kazoku}} is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada.{{cite web |url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/19376 |script-title=ja:家族|access-date= 2011-10-22|work=Kinema Junpo Film Database|language=ja}}
Plot
The Kazami family live on the island of Iōjima, Nagasaki, where Seiichi Kamazi works in a coal mine. With the coal mine closing, Seiichi decides to move to Hokkaido and become a dairy farmer. The family rides the train between the two islands (a roughly 3,000-mile journey). Along the way, they stop in Fukuyama, where Seiichi's brother Tsutomu lives, Osaka, where they attend Expo '70, and Tokyo. In Tokyo, the family's youngest daughter passes away. Genzō, Seiichi's father, reaches Hokkaido but passes away shortly after. He is buried in a Catholic ceremony. Despite Seiichi's misgivings, Tamiko (his wife) convinces him to stay and forge a new life for themselves.
Cast
- Chieko Baisho as Tamiko Kazami
- Hisashi Igawa as Seiichi Kazami
- Chishū Ryū as Genzō Kazami
- Gin Maeda
- Hiroshi Inuzuka as Comedian
- Kiyoshi Atsumi
- Shūichi Ikeda
Awards
Criticism
Scholar Yoshikuni Igarashi called the film "a declaration of war against the regime of the high-growth economy." He views Seiichi's journey as motivated by his desire to maintain economic independence.{{Cite book |last=Igarashi |first=Yoshikuni |title=Japan, 1972: Visions of Masculinity in an Age of Mass Consumerism |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2021 |isbn=9780231551380 |location=New York |pages=88, 91 |language=English }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0067296|Kazoku}}
{{Yoji Yamada}}
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Category:Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners
Category:Films directed by Yoji Yamada
Category:Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada
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