A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
Directed by Mikio Naruse
funeral
widow
pregnancy
forbidden love
car accident
death of husband
demotion
breach of promise
abortion
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.1 / 5
Cast
Yūzō Kayama
Shiro Mishima
Yōko Tsukasa
Yumiko
Mitsuko Mori
Katsuko
Mie Hama
Teruko
Mitsuko Kusabue
Ayako
Daisuke Katō
Hayashida
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Yumiko's husband
Yū Fujiki
Ishikawa
Tadao Nakamaru
Fujiwara
Nobuo Nakamura
Fuyuki Murakami
Gen Shimizu
Crew
Mikio Naruse
Director
Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Popular Reviews
16 reviews
Npu
9.0★ · 08/22/25
The whole climactic movement is some of Naruse’s most lyrical work and, by his standards at least, actually optimistic.
The whole climactic movement is some of Naruse’s most lyrical work and, by his standards at least, actually optimistic.
grcentm
9.4★ · 02/09/25
this would make a perfect double feature with in the mood for love. yūzo kayama looks exactly how joe shishido would look like without those stupid cheek implants so understand why he got them to distinguish himself lol.
this would make a perfect double feature with in the mood for love. yūzo kayama looks exactly how joe shishido would look like without those stupid cheek implants so understand why he got them to distinguish himself lol.
Boris k
9.3★ · 12/13/21
A Naruse film in colour should be considered a national treasure. What an eye to only reveal in your final film.
It’s perhaps fitting that one of the final statements from Japan’s golden era is a film desperately trying to escape itself.
A Naruse film in colour should be considered a national treasure. What an eye to only reveal in your final film.
It’s perhaps fitting that one of the final statements from Japan’s golden era is a film desperately trying to escape itself.
Christian David
10.0★ · 04/14/19
Incredibly painful and languorous in the most necessary way. Naruse wants the viewer to be suspended in the same thick fog of grief that both of his leads are attempting to navigate. So beautiful.
Incredibly painful and languorous in the most necessary way. Naruse wants the viewer to be suspended in the same thick fog of grief that both of his leads are attempting to navigate. So beautiful.
