Summer Clouds
1958, Japanese. Directed by Mikio Naruse.
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 2 September 1958
- Original title
- 鰯雲
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shinobu Hashimoto
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Summer Clouds runs 128 minutes (2h 8m).
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If you liked Summer Clouds, try Lady Macbeth, Drums Along the Mohawk, Die My Love.
Who directed Summer Clouds?
Summer Clouds (1958) was directed by Mikio Naruse and stars Chikage Awashima, Yōko Tsukasa, Isao Kimura.