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DAUGHTERS, WIVES AND A MOTHER

Musume tsuma haha

Directed by Mikio Naruse
Japan, 1960
Drama
  • 123123 minutes

Synopsis

In suburban Tokyo, a son of the Sakanishis dies, leaves his widow with an insurance payoff — and then the family descends, with backbiting, disasters and recriminations so horrific that the mater familias looks into a nursing home, with only the widow herself having a shot at happiness.

Synopsis

In suburban Tokyo, a son of the Sakanishis dies, leaves his widow with an insurance payoff — and then the family descends, with backbiting, disasters and recriminations so horrific that the mater familias looks into a nursing home, with only the widow herself having a shot at happiness.