Sound of the Mountain
(1954)
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Sound of the Mountain
(1954)
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| Setsuko Hara | ... |
Ogata Kikuko
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| Sô Yamamura | ... |
Ogata Shingo
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Ken Uehara | ... |
Otto, Shuuichi
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Yôko Sugi | ... |
Tanizaki Hideko
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Teruko Nagaoka | ... |
Tsuma, Yasuko
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Yatsuko Tan'ami | ... |
Ikeda
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Chieko Nakakita | ... |
Aihara Fusako
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Rieko Sumi | ... |
Kinuko
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Hisao Toake | ... |
Shingo no yuujin
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Machiko Kitagawa |
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Fumiko Saito |
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Tsuruko Mano |
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Nobuo Kaneko |
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I admit it. I'm a sucker for this type of movie. Old black-and-white film, well-acted and scripted, whether Japanese or American, and I'm lost.
Even better, this one has some top-notch dialogue. The scene where the father confronts the brassy mistress of his son has dialogue worthy of more than one Hollywood greats.
This film is a terrific high-class soap opera which brutally examines fracturing personal relationships in one family in post-war Japan. The previous reviewer implies that this is not among this director's great work. All I can say is, if this is a middling effort, then I for one have much movie-viewing pleasure ahead.
Highly recommended.