A Distant Cry from Spring

A Distant Cry from Spring (Japanese: 遙かなる山の呼び声, Hepburn: Harukanaru yama no Yobigoe) is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada.[1]

A Distant Cry from Spring
Japanese name
Kanji遙かなる山の呼び声
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnHarukanaru yama no Yobigoe
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKen Takakura
Chieko Baisho
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Release date
  • 15 March 1980 (1980-03-15)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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5th Hochi Film Award[2]

Reception

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The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited A Distant Cry from Spring as one of his 100 favorite films.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "遙かなる山の呼び声". kotobank. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  3. ^ Thomas-Mason, Lee (12 January 2021). "From Stanley Kubrick to Martin Scorsese: Akira Kurosawa once named his top 100 favourite films of all time". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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