A Distant Cry from Spring

Name: A Distant Cry from Spring
Director: Yoji Yamada
Released: 1980
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tetsuya Takeda, Noko Konoha

1980 · 123 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 724 VOTES · DIR. Yoji Yamada

Overview

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,067 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:02 Spring comes late to the north

00:10:27 And the brief summer came

00:17:09 Kosaku Tajima?

00:22:54 Maybe so

00:27:02 Good night

00:32:23 lt's been two years since Mr. Kazami died

00:36:50 l haven't had a woman forso long

00:42:31 Thank you

00:46:48 Mister!

00:50:11 Come to think of it, you're lucky to have that man

00:54:43 l'll be fine soon

00:59:29 l was so sad l almost started to cry

01:04:29 Ourgifts

01:07:19 This is vast Hokkaido

01:09:47 Your motherwas beautiful

01:13:38 And autumn came

01:19:35 How about you?

01:24:41 l'm his mother but sometimes l can't understand him

01:28:05 Yuka is old

01:33:56 Yuka wins!

01:39:51 Thank you foreverything

01:46:32 what'll l do?

01:50:53 You're lying

01:56:42 She's doing fine. Same as ever

Cast & Characters

Ken Takakura Kôsaku Tajima Chieko Baishô Tamiko Kazami Hidetaka Yoshioka Takeshi Kazami Tetsuya Takeda Noko Konoha Mizuho Suzuki Tokuko Sugiyama Tappei Shimokawa Yasujirô Ono Hirohisa Sonoda

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,067

Dialogue density8.7 lines / min

First line00:01:02

Final line01:56:42

Production Record

DirectorYoji Yamada

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes724