1964 · drama · romance · japanese
Yearning
Directed by Mikio Naruse1h 38m1964
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
Our read: Yearning (1964) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · romance · japanese entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- bleak
- intimate
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