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The Baby Carriage (1956)

The Baby Carriage poster
Original title
乳母車
Directed by
Tomotaka Tasaka
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple in post-war Japan struggles to raise their baby amid poverty and limited opportunities. The film follows their daily life and quiet hardships as they try to build a future for their family.

somberintimateslow-pacedmelancholicrestrainedhumanistobservational

What happens

The Baby Carriage (乳母車, Ubaguruma) is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tomotaka Tasaka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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