Lightning (1952)
- Original title
- 稲妻
- Directed by
- Mikio Naruse
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman in postwar Japan struggles with her fractured family and the pressure to marry. She tries to find her own path while dealing with her complicated mother and siblings.
bittersweetmelancholiccontemplativeslow-burnfamily-orientedrestrainedemotionally tensevisually austere
What happens
Lightning (稲妻, Inazuma) is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse, and starring Hideko Takamine. It is based on the 1936 novel by Fumiko Hayashi and was the second in a series of adaptations of Hayashi's work by Naruse after the 1951 Repast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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