Yearning (1964)

Original title

乱れる

Directed by

Mikio Naruse

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A war widow runs a shop in her deceased husband's family home. The family plots to force her out of the shop, creating growing tension and heartache.

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What happens

Yearning (乱れる, Midareru; lit. "Confused") is a 1964 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse and starring Hideko Takamine and Yūzō Kayama. The story centers on a war widow whose deceased husband's family plans to drive her out of the shop which she runs in the family's house. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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