Yearning
Midareru
1964, Film, 98 min, Drama, Romance, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 72
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.
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Reiko Morita
- Yûzô Kayama as Koji Morita
- Mitsuko Kusabue as Hisako Morizono
- Yumi Shirakawa as Takako Morita
- Mie Hama as Ruriko, Koji's girlfriend
- Aiko Mimasu as Shizu Morita
- Yū Fujiki as Mr. Nomizo, employee at rival supermarket of Morita's
- Kazuo Kitamura as Mr. Morizono, Hisako's husband
- Hisao Toake as Mr. Okamoro, drugstore owner
- Kumeko Urabe as Bar madam at Ginzan hotspring
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