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Yearning

1964 · 98 min

A quiet, aching study of duty and unspoken desire, ending in a sudden, devastating stillness.

Overview
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • love
  • grief
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Mikio Naruse
Written by
Zenzō Matsuyama
Starring
Hideko Takamine, Yūzō Kayama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Mie Hama, Aiko Mimasu, Yū Fujiki, Kazuo Kitamura, Hisao Toake
Music
Ichirō Saitō
Cinematography
Jun Yasumoto
Runtime
98 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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