Climbing to Spring (2014)

8.4/10 116 min Drama

Overview

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?

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

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