| Director | Yōji Yamada |
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In the vast, sparsely populated expanses of Hokkaido, Japan, recently widowed Tamiko Kazami (Chieko Baisho) struggles to maintain her small dairy farm while raising her young son, Takeshi (Hidetaka Yoshioka), on her own. The relentless rhythms of farm life—milking, haying, feeding cows, repairing equipment—fill her every day.