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Yearning
JAPAN · 1964

Yearning

Mikio Naruse
family conflict economic displacement widow's struggle modernization vs tradition small business decline
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Synopsis

War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.

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