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The Approach of Autumn
JAPAN · 1960

The Approach of Autumn

Mikio Naruse
single parenthood urban migration childhood friendship economic struggle family separation
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Synopsis

A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery store, and works a local inn. The boy befriends a girl, the daughter of the innkeeper.

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