When Winter ComesMovie
An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his deathbed and develops a faint affection for an elegant old woman, but the purpose of his journey is actually to find a place to die. He gives a large sum of money to a young couple, who are poor but have a dream for the future, and tries to throw himself into the sea. The movie depicts the loneliness of an old man who has lost his wife.
About When Winter Comes
When Winter Comes is a 1985 tv movie, family, drama movie directed by Yukio Fukamachi.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 40m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Chishū Ryū, Kayoko Kishimoto, Eitarō Ozawa, Kamatari Fujiwara. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
