A Hen in the Wind

Name: Kaze no naka no mendori
Genre: Drama
Released: 1948-09-17
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Shûji Sano, Chieko Murata

Original title: Kaze no naka no mendori

19481948
1h 24min

7.5/10

1.4K

Drama

A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.

7.5/10

1.4K

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Awards
- 2 wins

Shûji Sano in Kaze no naka no mendori (1948)

Shûji Sano and Kinuyo Tanaka in Kaze no naka no mendori (1948)

Kinuyo Tanaka in Kaze no naka no mendori (1948)

Chiyoko Fumiya in Kaze no naka no mendori (1948)

Chiyoko Fumiya and Shûji Sano in Kaze no naka no mendori (1948)

A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.

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Genre
- Drama
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Connections
Referenced in I Lived, But... (1983)

Soundtracks
Yume awaki Tôkyô
Music by Yûji Koseki

Top review

7/10

Uniquely Serious and Emotional Ozu Film

In postwar Japan, a wife has to deal with the consequence of her decision when she needed her son's hospital charges during her husband's absence. The theme, women's harsh reality at the time, is exceptionally serious for Ozu. It makes Hen in the Wind uniquely and intensely emotional, combined with Ozu's style, such as off-screen actions, implicative montages, and singsong dialogues.

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