---
title: 'A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yōji Yamada'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-distant-cry-from-spring-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080843/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)

1980 · 95 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 遙かなる山の呼び声

## Synopsis

A Distant Cry from Spring  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada)
- **Screenplay:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)

## Cast

- [Chieko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/chieko-baisho)
- [Ken Takakura](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-takakura)

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