Overview
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 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