Summer Clouds (1958)

  • NR
  • 09/02/1958 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 2h 8m

Overview

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.

Tsutou Wada

Novel

Mikio Naruse

Director

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Cast

Chikage Awashima's headshot

Chikage Awashima

Yae
Yōko Tsukasa's headshot

Yōko Tsukasa

Miciko
Isao Kimura's headshot

Isao Kimura

Okawa
Keiju Kobayashi's headshot

Keiju Kobayashi

Hatsuji
Kumi Mizuno's headshot

Kumi Mizuno

Hamako
Haruko Sugimura's headshot

Haruko Sugimura

Mother
Chōko Iida's headshot

Chōko Iida

Hidé
Hiroshi Tachikawa's headshot

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Shinji

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