A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)

Original title

放浪記

Directed by

Mikio Naruse

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 04m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman looks back on her hard life as a waitress and writer in early 20th century Japan. The film follows her struggles with poverty and difficult relationships.

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What happens

A Wanderer's Notebook (放浪記, Hōrōki), also titled Her Lonely Lane, is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse starring Hideko Takamine. It was written by Toshirō Ide and Sumie Tanaka based on the autobiographical book Diary of a Vagabond by Fumiko Hayashi and its stage adaptation by Kazuo Kikuta. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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