Summer Clouds (1958)

Directed by Mikio Naruse

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A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.

Genre: Drama

Language: ja

Production

Cinematographer: Masao Tamai · Composer: Ichirō Saitō · Editor: Eiji Ooi · Production Design: Satoru Chūko, Makoto Sono

Production: TOHO

1 screening currently listed

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