Journey to the North

Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings. However, Yuko, having returned home, has just become engaged to a local young man, and the sudden appearance of Eikichi makes others worry that their good relationship will be spoiled. An epic about pure love, which tells the story of a man who leaves his beloved woman, praying for her happiness. Adapted from the novel "Kiri no Naka no Shojo" Yojiro Ishizaka.

• Release date
• January 3, 1967
• Runtime
• 84 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Katsumi Nishikawa

Cast

Kazuo Funaki Eikichi Kamimura Yukiyo Toake Yoshiko Kaneko Ken Yamauchi Kenji Kawara Nekohachi Edoya Hanzo Kanai Eijirō Tōno Kichinosuke Kawara Tanie Kitabayashi Hana Kanai Toshiyuki Ichimura Chief of police Kaku Takashina Station master