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The Praying Man (1959)

The Praying Man poster
Original title
祈るひと
Directed by
Eisuke Takizawa
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 37m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman doubts whether marriage brings happiness, shaped by her parents' unhappy relationship. She reluctantly agrees to an arranged meeting, but the man's attitude unsettles her.

contemplativemelancholicrestrainedquietly observationalintrospectivepoignantunderstated

What happens

『祈るひと』(いのるひと)は、1959年2月11日に公開された日活の文芸映画である。田宮虎彦が『若い女性』に連載した『祈るひと』を滝沢英輔で映画化したものキネマ旬報1959年2月下旬号 p.9、p.11。 三沢暁子は不仲な自分の両親を見て育ったことが影響して、結婚こそが女の幸せであるという考えに疑いをもっていたため、見合い話にも気乗りがしないでいた。ある日、彼女は母の友人の職場の男と見合いをすることになるが、相手の男の態度は不快とも思えるものであった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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