Where to Watch A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) in the UK

What it's about

A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. At dawn, he helps to deliver a calf and, just as mysteriously and distantly, disappears down the road. In the spring, he returns to stay as a farmhand, gains the respect of the widow and the devotion of her young son, and begins to end their feelings of loneliness. When an intruder, in the person of a rich merchant, shows up and presses his attentions on the widow, the farmhand saves her from his attentions. But there is a mystery about where the stranger came from; and why, after winning the hearts of the widow and her son, he has to go away again.

Cast and crew

Director

Yôji Yamada

Writer

Yoshitaka Asama, Yôji Yamada, Hidetaka Yoshioka

Starring

Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka

Details

Release date

Oct 17, 1980

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Awards

8 wins & 3 nominations

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