Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather

Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather

1948 · 65 min · Drama

Lost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames the narrative in a familiar setting, tracking an autumnal bus ride from a hot spring town through a mountain pass. When the jaunty bus unceremoniously breaks down, a bittersweet sadness overcomes the passengers as unexpected reunions take place, but nothing can be what it was before the war.

Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu · Written by Shinichi Sekizawa

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