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In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...Read moreLess
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...
The story
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...
Cast & crew
Ken UeharaKazuhiko Onuma
Michiyo KogureTsuruko
Keizō KawasakiMasao Yagi
Chieko NaniwaChieko Naniwa
Takeshi SakamotoCast
Bontarō MiakeCast
Kumeko UrabeCast
Eijirō YanagiCast
Kōji ShimizuCast
Yoshiko FujitaYuko
Setsuko HamaCastExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Yoshikata Yoda
- Director of Photography
- Sōichi Aisaka
- Director
- Hiroshi Shimizu
- Original Music Composer
- Akira Ifukube