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Scattered Clouds (1967)

Scattered Clouds poster
Original title
乱れ雲
Directed by
Mikio Naruse
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman loses her husband in a car accident caused by a truck driver. Her path later crosses with the driver again and they struggle with their grief and guilt.

melancholicrestrainedbittersweetslow-burnpoignantreflectivevisually understatedemotionally subdued

What happens

Scattered Clouds aka Two in the Shadow (Japanese: 乱れ雲, Hepburn: Midaregumo) is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse starring Yōko Tsukasa and Yūzō Kayama. It was Naruse's final film after a long lasting career which started in 1930. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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