Avalanche

Avalanche

1937 · 59 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama

The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his wife.

Directed by Mikio Naruse · Written by Jiro Osaragi

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Noboru Kiritachi Fukiko Yokoda
Ranko Edogawa Yayoi Ema
Hideo Saeki Gorô Kusaka
Yuriko Hanabusa Gorô's Mother
Yo Shiomi Gorô's Father
Sadao Maruyama Fukiko's Father
Masao Mishima Koyanagi, the lawyer
Akira Ubukata Keisuke, Yayoi's older brother

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