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A Hen in the Wind (1948)

A Hen in the Wind poster
Original title
風の中の牝鶏
Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 59 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles to survive while her husband is away after the war. She makes a difficult choice to support herself and her child, and must face the consequences when her husband returns.

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What happens

A Hen in the Wind (風の中の牝鶏, Kaze no naka no mendori) is a 1948 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Shūji Sano. It was written by Ozu and Ryosuke Saito. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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