Summer Clouds (1958)
Original title: 鰯雲
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A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
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Chikage AwashimaYae
Yōko TsukasaMiciko
Isao KimuraOkawa
Keiju KobayashiHatsuji
Kumi MizunoHamako
Ganjirô Nakamura IWasuke
Haruko SugimuraMother
Chōko IidaHidé
Hiroshi TachikawaShinji
Michiyo Aratama
Daisuke Katō
Ganjirō Nakamura IIWasukeKeywords
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What is Summer Clouds about?
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
How long is Summer Clouds?
Summer Clouds has a runtime of 128 minutes.