# Where Spring Comes Late (1970)

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**Original title**: *家族*
**Runtime**: 106 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Yoji Yamada
**Written by**: Yoji Yamada, Akira Miyazaki
**Starring**: Chieko Baisho, Hisashi Igawa, Chishū Ryū, Gin Maeda, Masumi Harukawa, Hajime Hana

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A 1970s Japanese miner loses his job and uproots his family to Hokkaido starting over as farmers. Yoji Yamada crafts a quiet domestic reinvention tale. The family’s slow bloom becomes the heart of the season.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender

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