Fuyu Gamae

Movie·冬構え·When Winter Comes
Fuyu Gamae
1985/03/30
Speech duration
54min
Word count4,486
Unique words1,290
Words (1-occurrence)781
Unique kanji557
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Speech speed
225
Difficulty Average

An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his deathbed and develops a faint affection for an elegant old woman, but the purpose of his journey is actually to find a place to die. He gives a large sum of money to a young couple, who are poor but have a dream for the future, and tries to throw himself into the sea. The movie depicts the loneliness of an old man who has lost his wife.

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