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Repast
JAPAN · 1951

Repast

Mikio Naruse
marriage and domesticity post-war Japan class and social expectations female dissatisfaction generational conflict
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Synopsis

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.

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