Big Joys, Small Sorrows
A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.
Starring Gō Katō, Hitoshi Ueki, Reiko Ôhara, Kiichi Nakai, Yoko Shinoyama, Hayao Okamoto, Kunio Konishi, Misako Konno
Watch "Big Joys, Small Sorrows" on Criterion Channel released in 1986. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 6.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.