1970    1h 37minDrama, Suspense
7.05.7
Hamajima is a quiet, hard-working man, whose life changes drastically when he reunites with a lovely childhood friend and her strange little boy.
Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura

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  • Shima IwashitaYasuko Koiso
  • Gō KatōYukio Hamajima
  • Mayumi OgawaKeiko Hamajima
  • Yūsuke TakitaHamajima's uncle
  • Kaneko IwasakiHamajima's mother
  • Shinsuke Ashida
  • Yoshio Inaba
  • Yōsuke Kondō
  • Akiko Nomura
  • Atsuko Kawaguchi
  • Ginzô Sekiguchi
  • Yuriko Abe
  • Azusa Koyama
  • Katsue Nitta
  • Yoshihide Shimizu
  • Hisato Okamoto
  • Yoshitarō NomuraDirector
  • Seicho MatsumotoNovela
  • Shinobu HashimotoGuión
  • Shigemi SugisakiProductor
  • eif9993 de marzo de 2025
    A bit too much of a slow burn for what it is, but excellent storytelling. it’s clear we’re supposed to judge harshly a man in a loveless marriage to a pretty, nice but inattentive woman. He meets a smoke show on the bus home and is quickly in love. Things get complicated when he finds out his new hot girlfriend has a kid that is cool with murder. Never has a movie poster been so accurate. Beautifully shot. I liked the Christmas time shots of the city life in Japan. Maybe the pitch for this movie was Brief Encounter meets the The Bad Seed.

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