JAPAN · 1951

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Mikio Naruse
Japanese Golden Age marriage and domesticity post-war Japan class and social expectations female dissatisfaction generational conflict
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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.

Year1951
CountryJapan
DirectorMikio Naruse
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