Every-Night Dreams

Every-Night Dreams

1933 · 65 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.

Directed by Mikio Naruse · Written by Mikio Naruse

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