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Woman of the Lake (1966)

Woman of the Lake poster
Original title
女のみづうみ
Directed by
Yoshishige Yoshida
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman's affair with a younger man sets off a chain of secrets and betrayals. Set against a lake and rural landscape, the story follows the hidden desires and jealousies of its characters.

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What happens

Woman of the Lake (Japanese: 女のみづうみ, Hepburn: Onna no mizuumi) is a 1966 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It is based on Yasunari Kawabata's 1954 novel The Lake. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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