La Rivière Shinobu

Here's a film that wants to put its characters through it. Burdened by their respective family woes, Tetsuro and Shino decide to marry. Love, they hope, will overcome emotional and social hardships. It may be bleak, but at least it's decisive.

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Kei Kumai directed La Rivière Shinobu in 1972. See Kei Kumai's full filmography, where to start with Kei Kumai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kei Kumai.

La Rivière Shinobu was released in 1972 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 121 minutes.