Kaze no naka no mendori (1948)A man returns from WWII to find his desperate wife has resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills. Director:Yasujirô Ozu |
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Kaze no naka no mendori (1948)A man returns from WWII to find his desperate wife has resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills. Director:Yasujirô Ozu |
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| Kinuyo Tanaka | ... |
Tokiko Amamiya
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Shûji Sano | ... |
Shuichi Amamiya
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Chieko Murata | ... |
Akiko Ida
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| Chishû Ryû | ... |
Kazuichiro Satake
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Hohi Aoki | ... |
Shoichi
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Chiyoko Fumiya | ... |
Fusako Onada
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Keiko Izumi | ... |
Nurse #2
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Kôji Mitsui | ... |
Hideo
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Reiko Mizukami | ... |
Orie Noma
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Binnosuke Nagao |
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Kenzô Nakagawa |
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Sakae Nakayama | ... |
Nurse #3
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Ayako Okamura | ... |
Landlady
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Fujiyo Osafune |
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Takeshi Sakamoto | ... |
Hikozo Sakai
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A man returns from WWII to find his desperate wife has resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.
A sensitive and powerful examination of the moral compromises made during World War II and the toll they take on families. Kinuyo Tanaka gives another of her sensitive and compelling performances as a woman forced into prostitution to care for her sick child, and is unable to keep her secret when her husband returns from the front. Ozu takes on the topic of prostitution while steering well clear of its potential for sordidness (something I find both a virtue and a limitation... in some ways it's *too* tactful). The scenes between the two exceptional leads contribute to a film blessed with some of the most uncomortable scenes Ozu has filmed, delving deep into raw unresolved emotions of guilt, honor and devotion.