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Synopsis
In 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.
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Films with Similar Themes
marriage and domesticity · post-war Japan · class and social expectations · female dissatisfaction · generational conflict
