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4th(2019)



Climbing to Spring

Daisaku KIMURA

  • Japan
  • 2014
  • 116min
  • color
  • ÇȼÇ

This is the story of Toru, a young man running a mountain cabin located 3,000m above sea level in Tateyama, known as the Alps of Japan. The film was shot on location in Tateyama¡¯s Onanjiyama service area. To run the cabin after his father passes away, Toru returns to his hometown, but everything is a challenge for him, from climbing the mountain with food supplies hoisted on his back to predicting the weather. It is his father¡¯s cabin staff who offer help to the rookie cabin keeper. A healing film that steps away from the intensity of the city to return to a natural lifestyle, it highlights the family-like ties between the cabin staff and the vocation of a family business. (HAN Song-i)

 

 

Director

  • Daisaku KIMURADaisaku KIMURA

    Daisuke Kimura demonstrated his prodigious talent as a cinematographer in the Japanese film masterpieces Hakkodasan, Day of Resurrection, Yukai and Railroad Man. His directorial debut Mt. Tsurugidake(2009) was a huge hit, winning him the best director award at the Japan Academy Awards.

     

Credit

  • ProducerISHIHARA Takashi
  • Cast MASTSUYAMA Kenichi, AOI Yu, KOBAYASHI Kaoru, DAN Fumi, TOYOKAWA Etsushi
  • Cinematography KIMURA Daisaku
  • Editor ITAGAKI Keiichi
  • Music IKEBE Shinichiro
  • Sound ISHIDERA Kenichi