When Winter Comes

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.

Genre:

TV Movie, Family, Drama

Duration:

100 min

Cast:

Chishū Ryū, Kayoko Kishimoto, Eitarō Ozawa

Quality:

HD

Director:

Yukio Fukamachi

Release:

1985

Country:

Japan

Rating:

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