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 , Hisashi Igawa , Chishū Ryū , Gin Maeda , Masumi Harukawa , Hajime Hana , Kiyoshi Atsumi , Shin Morikawa , Tokue Hanazawa , Chieko Misaki
Shochiku
