Summary Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built, thus forcing a relocation of the farmers. One of them is 78-year-old Denzo, whose son and his wife consider him senile. Left alone, he befriends a young boy, Sentaro, who has heard that the old man was once a great angler. The unlikely pair spend lots of happy time together, until Denzo has a heart attack and dies far upstream. The dam is completed and the entire area is inundated. Everyone will move away, except Denzo. View more details
Directed : Seijirô Kôyama
Written : Seijirô Kôyama
Stars : Hiroyuki Nagato Yoshi Katô Tokue Hanazawa Fumie Kashiyama
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 14, 1983
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Filming locations : Japan
Production companies : Kobushi Productions
Summary Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built, thus forcing a relocation of the farmers. One of them is 78-year-old Denzo, whose son and his wife consider him senile. Left alone, he befriends a young boy, Sentaro, who has heard that the old man was once a great angler. The unlikely pair spend lots of happy time together, until Denzo has a heart attack and dies far upstream. The dam is completed and the entire area is inundated. Everyone will move away, except Denzo. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 14, 1983
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Filming locations : Japan
Production companies : Kobushi Productions
