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.
Cast
Chieko Baisho
Tamiko
Hisashi Igawa
Seiichi
Chishū Ryū
Genzo, So's father
Gin Maeda
Unknown
Masumi Harukawa
Passengers on Nemuro Main Line
Hajime Hana
Himself
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Traveler
Shin Morikawa
Ryokan Owner
Tokue Hanazawa
Chinke
Chieko Misaki
Unknown
Yasukiyo Umeno
Unknown
Tsuyoshi Kinoshita
Son
Chiaki Seo
Unknown
Masako Tomiyama
Sumie Kazami
Hisao Dazai
Passengers on Nagasaki Main Line
Kôei Yamamoto
Conductor of Nagasaki Main Line
Riri Sasaki
Unknown
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Himself
Senri Sakurai
Himself
Ētarō Ishibashi
Himself
Shin Yasuda
Himself
Nobuo Tsukamoto
Ryota Sawa
Tomoe Matsuda
Ryota's wife
Michie Terada
Nurse
Narumi Mizuta
Unknown
Yoshino Tani
Ryokan employee
Ryōko Mizuki
Neighbor
Crew
Yoji Yamada
Director, Screenplay, Story
Akira Miyazaki
Screenplay
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Tetsuo Takaha
Director of Photography
Toshinobu Ōmine
Assistant Director
Yoshiharu Mishima
Executive Producer
Tsuneo Kosumi
Associate Producer
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Mixer
Sachio Obi
Sound Recordist
Yoshio Uchida
Lighting Technician
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Kenichi Sakai
Still Photographer
Kiminobu Satō
Art Direction
