An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)

Original title

にごりえ

Directed by

Tadashi Imai

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three women in 19th century Japan struggle with poverty and social constraints. The film follows their separate lives as they face difficult choices about love and survival.

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What happens

An Inlet of Muddy Water (Japanese: にごりえ, romanized: Nigorie), also titled Muddy Waters, is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai. Based on three short stories by Ichiyō Higuchi, it received numerous national film prizes and is regarded as a major work of Imai by film historians. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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