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Man in the Storm (1952)

Man in the Storm poster
Original title
嵐の中の母
Directed by
Kiyoshi Saeki
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother struggles to protect her family during a violent storm in postwar Japan. The film follows her efforts to keep her children safe as natural and social turmoil close in.

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What happens

Man in the Storm (嵐の中の母, Arashi no Naka no Haha; Mother in the Storm) is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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