Where Spring Comes Late

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.

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Yoji Yamada directed Where Spring Comes Late in 1970. See Yoji Yamada's full filmography, where to start with Yoji Yamada, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoji Yamada.

Where Spring Comes Late was released in 1970 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 106 minutes.