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Every-Night Dreams (1933)

Every-Night Dreams poster
Original title
夜ごとの夢
Directed by
Mikio Naruse
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A single mother works as a bar hostess to support her young son during the Great Depression in Japan. She struggles to make ends meet and must make difficult choices to keep her family together.

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What happens

Every-Night Dreams (夜ごとの夢, Yogoto no yume) is a 1933 Japanese silent drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. The film follows a single mother who works as a bar hostess and her struggles to provide for her son in depression-era Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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