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Home Town (1930)

Home Town poster
Original title
藤原義江のふるさと
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese man returns to his rural hometown after years away. He faces the changes in his family and community while reckoning with his own past.

melancholicnostalgicbittersweetslow-burnearnestpersonalreflectivequiet

What happens

Le Pays natal (藤原義江のふるさと, Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato) est un film japonais réalisé par Kenji Mizoguchi, sorti en 1930. C'est l'un des premiers films sonorisés du cinéma japonais. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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