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JAPAN · 1954

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

Masaki Kobayashi
Japanese Golden Age family dynamics urban Japanese life personal growth marital relationships small business
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Synopsis

A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.

Year1954
CountryJapan
DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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