Where Spring Comes Late (家族, Kazoku) is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada.

[1] The Kazami family live on the island of Iōjima, Nagasaki, where Seiichi Kamazi works in a coal mine.

With the coal mine closing, Seiichi decides to move to Hokkaido and become a dairy farmer.

Along the way, they stop in Fukuyama, where Seiichi's brother Tsutomu lives, Osaka, where they attend Expo '70, and Tokyo.

Despite Seiichi's misgivings, Tamiko (his wife) convinces him to stay and forge a new life for themselves.