A Story Written with Water

A Story Written with Water

1965 · 120 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.

Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida · Written by Toshirō Ishidō

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