106 minutes
10/24/1970
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.
Chieko Baisho
as Tamiko
Hisashi Igawa
as Seiichi
Chishū Ryū
as Genzo, So's father
Gin Maeda
Masumi Harukawa
as Passengers on Nemuro Main Line
Hajime Hana
as Himself
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Traveler
Shin Morikawa
as Ryokan Owner
Tokue Hanazawa
as Chinke
Chieko Misaki
Yasukiyo Umeno
Tsuyoshi Kinoshita
as Son
Chiaki Seo
Masako Tomiyama
as Sumie Kazami
Hisao Dazai
as Passengers on Nagasaki Main Line
Kôei Yamamoto
as Conductor of Nagasaki Main Line
Riri Sasaki
Hiroshi Inuzuka
as Himself
Senri Sakurai
as Himself
Ētarō Ishibashi
as Himself
Shin Yasuda
as Himself
Nobuo Tsukamoto
as Ryota Sawa
Tomoe Matsuda
as Ryota's wife
Michie Terada
as Nurse
Narumi Mizuta
Yoshino Tani
as Ryokan employee
Ryōko Mizuki
as Neighbor