A Distant Cry from Spring
Other name: 遥かなる山の呼び声 はるかなるやまのよびごえ 远山的呼唤 远山个呼唤 Harukanaru Yama no Yobigoe Ein ferner Schrei im Frühling L'Écho de la montagne Ett rop ur fjärran Зов далёких гор
Description
I first saw this film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1981 and have often looked for it since (without any luck). Of the 50 films I saw in those 16 days (including masterpieces by Angelopoulos, and Syberberg's Hitler, A Film From Germany), Yamada's simple story turned out to be my favorite. When it recently turned up in a 5-disk Yoji Yamada box set, I immediately ordered it. Well, the disk is very poor quality, a murky transfer with the widescreen compositions butchered by a truly wretched pan-and-scan job -- and yet the quality of the film still manages to shine through.
Director: Yamada Yoji [山田洋次]
Country: Japanese
Status: Completed
Released: 1980
Type: Movie
Genre: Drama, Family, Friendship, Romance,
- Popular Asian Drama
- Popular Asian Movies