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JAPAN · 1937

Avalanche

Mikio Naruse
marital infidelity domestic conflict romantic triangle marriage dissolution family relationships
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Synopsis

The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his wife.

Year1937
CountryJapan
DirectorMikio Naruse
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