四十八歳の抵抗 (1956)

Directed by

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged man who has worked earnestly and built a family becomes frustrated as he ages. He begins a reckless affair with a nude model that slowly destroys his home life.

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What happens

『四十八歳の抵抗』（よんじゅうはっさいのていこう）は、石川達三の同名ベストセラー小説を、新藤兼人が脚色し吉村公三郎が監督した日本映画。 まじめにコツコツと働き家庭を築いてきた中年男性が、老いゆく中で欲求不満をつのらせ、ヌードモデルと火遊びを通じて家庭を崩壊させてゆく。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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