Summer Clouds

Summer Clouds (1958)

02/09/1958
Drama
2h 8m

Overview

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.

  • Mikio NaruseDirector
  • Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
  • Original Title

    鰯雲

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • farm
  • based on novel or book
  • mother-in-law
  • interview
  • reporter
  • war widow

Top Billed Cast

Chikage Awashima

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Yae

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

Miciko

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Okawa

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Hatsuji

Kumi Mizuno

Kumi Mizuno

Hamako

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Mother

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Hidé

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Shinji

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

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