A Distant Cry from Spring
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| Kanji | 遙かなる山の呼び声 | ||||
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| Directed by | Yoji Yamada | ||||
| Written by | Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama | ||||
| Produced by | Kiyoshi Shimazu | ||||
| Starring | Ken Takakura Chieko Baisho Hidetaka Yoshioka | ||||
| Cinematography | Tetsuo Takaha | ||||
| Edited by | Iwao Ishii | ||||
| Music by | Masaru Sato | ||||
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| Distributed by | Shochiku | ||||
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Running time | 124 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
A Distant Cry from Spring (Japanese: 遙かなる山の呼び声, Hepburn: Haruka naru yama no yobigoe) is a 1980 Japanese drama film co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada. Set amid Hokkaido's rural landscape, it follows a widowed dairy farmer and her son who are transformed by the arrival of a mysterious drifter with a hidden past.