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JAPAN · 1960

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Mikio Naruse
Japanese Golden Age widow family dynamics inheritance social class remarriage
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Synopsis

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.

Year1960
CountryJapan
DirectorMikio Naruse
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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