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When Winter Comes (1985)

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.

Release: 1985-03-30
Runtime: 100 min
Cast
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
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Kayoko Kishimoto
Kayoko Kishimoto
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Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
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Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
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Sadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura
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Mitsuo Senda
Mitsuo Senda
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Masahiko Tanimura
Masahiko Tanimura
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Yūki Mizuhara
Yūki Mizuhara
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Kenichi Kaneda
Kenichi Kaneda
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