Film · Drama
Climbing to Spring (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?
- Director
- Daisaku Kimura
- Writers
- Ryōhei Sasamoto, Daisaku Kimura, Tomoyuki Takimoto
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- June 14, 2014
- Original title
- 春を背負って
Cast
Kenichi MatsuyamaToru
Yu AoiAi Takazawa
Sosuke IkematsuKoichi Sunaga
Sakura AndoYuri Nakagawa
Renji IshibashiHisao Nozawa
Isao Natsuyagi
Kaoru KobayashiIsao Nagamine
Etsushi ToyokawaGoro Tada
Hirofumi AraiSatoshi Nakagawa
Hisashi IgawaBunji
Toru NakamuraTakashi Asakura
Eisaku Yoshida
Yoshie IchigeKane Takano
Fumi DanSumire Nagamine
Taro SurugaTaichi Nishimura
Momoko KatoMountain climber
