Sôshun

Sôshun

1968 · 94 min

After marrying off one daughter, a widowed father struggles with loneliness and the changing lives of his children. While his younger daughter falls in love with a charming but controversial man, his older daughter remains emotionally tied to a former lover who has since married. As tensions over marriage, independence, and family expectations grow, the family is forced to confront the gap between traditional values and modern relationships in postwar Japan.

Directed by Noboru Nakamura · Written by Zenzō Matsuyama

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Shima Iwashita Yuriko Andō
Etsuko Ikuta Ayako Kigawa
Muga Takewaki Kazuto Kobayashi
Ichirō Arishima Manzaburō Kigawa
Isao Yamagata Shūichi Andō
Mitsuko Mori Kiku Kigawa

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