UCCA Beijing

Ken Takakura: A Memorial Retrospective
A Distant Cry from Spring

2015.11.30
19:00-21:00

Cinema Arts
Location:  Auditorium
Language:  Japanese with Chinese subtitles

In A Distant Cry From Spring, a mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. At dawn, he helps to deliver a calf and, just as mysteriously, disappears down the road. In the spring, he returns to stay as a farmhand, gains the respect of the widow and the devotion of her young son, and begins to end their feelings of loneliness.

When an intruder, disguised as a rich merchant, shows up and presses his attentions on the widow, the farmhand saves her. But this man's origins and destination remain a mystery.

Ticketing:

RMB 20 / Adult

RMB 10 / UCCA Member

Note:

*Collect your ticket from reception 30 minutes before the event begins.

* Please no late entry.

About the Film

A Distant Cry from Spring

Director: Yôji Yamada

Starring: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka

Genre: Drama

Country: Japan

Runtime: 124 min.