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A Hen in the Wind

Original title: Kaze no naka no mendori
  • 19481948
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.6K
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A Hen in the Wind (1948)
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.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Ryôsuke Saitô
  • Stars
    • Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Shûji Sano
    • Chieko Murata
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Ryôsuke Saitô
  • Stars
    • Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Shûji Sano
    • Chieko Murata
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 9User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Shûji Sano in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Shûji Sano and Kinuyo Tanaka in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Tokyo Chorus (1931)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Shûji Sano and Kinuyo Tanaka in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Chiyoko Fumiya in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Chiyoko Fumiya and Shûji Sano in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Chiyoko Fumiya in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Shûji Sano in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in A Hen in the Wind (1948)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in A Hen in the Wind (1948)

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    Kinuyo Tanaka
    Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Tokiko Amamiya
    Shûji Sano
    Shûji Sano
    • Shuichi Amamiya
    Chieko Murata
    • Akiko Ida
    Chishû Ryû
    Chishû Ryû
    • Kazuichiro Satake
    Hôhi Aoki
    • Shoichi
    Chiyoko Fumiya
    • Fusako Onada
    Keiko Izumi
    • Nurse #2
    Reiko Minakami
    • Orie Noma
    Kôji Mitsui
    Kôji Mitsui
    • Hideo
    Binnosuke Nagao
    Kenzô Nakagawa
    Sakae Nakayama
    • Nurse #3
    Fumiko Okamura
    Fumiko Okamura
    • Landlady
    Fujiyo Osafune
    Takeshi Sakamoto
    Takeshi Sakamoto
    • Hikozo Sakai
    Ichirô Shimizu
    • Yoshikawa
    Eiko Takamatsu
    • Tsune
    Yoshino Tani
    • Nurse #1
      • Yasujirô Ozu
      • Yasujirô Ozu
      • Ryôsuke Saitô
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      Referenced in I Lived, But... (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Yume awaki Tôkyô
      Music by Yûji Koseki

    User reviews9

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    Domestic violence and the aftermath of war
    Kaze no Naka no Mendori deals with a very serious social problem of the time -- the return of those away at war. Frequently supposed dead and often delayed by years after the war's end, returning soldiers came back to families that had had to make all manner of compromises and sacrifices related to their absence. Often the returnees found that their wives had re-married, or worse...

    This is one such story. Unusual for Ozu in that it depicts actual physical family violence. A bit shocking if you are used to his other films, in which disapproval is often expressed with raised eyebrows and silence.

    A good film with fine performances.
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    • ButaNiShinju
    • Oct 23, 1999

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      • September 17, 1948 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
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      • Shochiku
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    • 1 hour 24 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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