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Happiness of Us Alone (1961)

Happiness of Us Alone poster
Original title
名もなく貧しく美しく
Directed by
Zenzo Matsuyama
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 10m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple struggles with poverty and hardship in postwar Japan. They face personal challenges that test their love and resilience.

poignantintimatemelancholicquiettenderreflectivegentlebittersweet

What happens

Le Bonheur est en nous (名もなく貧しく美しく, Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku) (littéralement: Sans nom, pauvres et beaux) est un film japonais de Zenzō Matsuyama, sorti en 1961. Zenzō Matsuyama, scénariste reconnu, signe ici son premier long métrage de fiction. Il est issu, tout comme Masaki Kobayashi, de « l’école de Kinoshita », selon Audie Bock. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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