The Grass Whistle (1955)
- Original title
- 麦笛
- Directed by
- Shirō Toyoda
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
Two young friends, a serious Buddhist abbot's son and his more carefree pal, argue over a restaurant keeper's daughter. After one of them dies, the other boy and the girl struggle to move on from the loss.
melancholicbittersweetslow-burnthoughtfulnostalgicsomberintimateemotional
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Samurai Nippon Niiro Tsuruchiyo (1955)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.
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