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7.5In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.
Released: 1951-11-2397 minDir: Mikio NaruseDrama
Stream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Ken Uehara as Hatsunosuke Okamoto
- Setsuko Hara as Michiyo Okamoto
- Yukiko Shimazaki as Satoko Okamoto
- Yōko Sugi as Mitsuko Murata
- Akiko Kazami as Seiko Tomiyasu
- Haruko Sugimura as Matsu Murata
Themes
- based on novel or book
- marriage
- osaka, japan
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1951 drama films1951 films1951 Japanese films1951 Japanese-language filmsFilms based on Japanese novelsFilms based on works by Fumiko HayashiFilms directed by Mikio NaruseFilms produced by Sanezumi FujimotoFilms scored by Fumio HayasakaJapanese black-and-white filmsJapanese drama filmsJapanese-language drama films