The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko (2006)

Original title

紙屋悦子の青春

Directed by

Kazuo Kuroki

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a young woman in rural Japan navigates family expectations and her own feelings. The story focuses on her quiet daily life and a difficult personal choice.

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What happens

The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko (Japanese: 紙屋悦子の青春, Hepburn: Kamiya Etsuko no Seishun) is a play written by Masataka Matsuda. A film adaptation, co-written and directed by Kazuo Kuroki and starring Tomoyo Harada and Masatoshi Nagase, was released in Japan on August 12, 2006. It was Kuroki's final film, as he died several months before its release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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