Film
Climbing to Spring
Japan- Director
- Daisaku Kimura
- Year
- 2014
An alpine story of family, determination and destiny.
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father’s footsteps?
Top cast
Kenichi Matsuyama
Toru
Yu Aoi
Ai Takazawa
Sosuke Ikematsu
Koichi Sunaga
Sakura Ando
Yuri Nakagawa
Renji Ishibashi
Hisao Nozawa
Isao Natsuyagi
Kaoru Kobayashi
Isao Nagamine
Etsushi Toyokawa
Goro Tada
Hirofumi Arai
Satoshi Nakagawa
Hisashi Igawa
Bunji
Toru Nakamura
Takashi Asakura
Eisaku Yoshida
Yoshie Ichige
Kane Takano
Fumi Dan
Sumire Nagamine
Taro Suruga
Taichi Nishimura
Momoko Kato
Mountain climber
Directed by
Daisaku Kimura
Written by
Tomoyuki Takimoto, Daisaku Kimura, Toshimasa Miyamura
Produced by
Kaoru Matsuzaki, Taichi Ueda
