A Hen in the Wind

Arthouse neorealism meets domestic pressure cooker. A war widow’s child takes ill and her pennies vanish so she trades a night for coins. Husband comes home to confess and they face the fallout together. Ozu frames quiet devastation with the weight of unspoken shame.

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Yasujirō Ozu directed A Hen in the Wind in 1948. See Yasujirō Ozu's full filmography, where to start with Yasujirō Ozu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yasujirō Ozu.

A Hen in the Wind was released in 1948 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 84 minutes.