# Avalanche (1937)

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**Original title**: *雪崩*
**Runtime**: 59 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Mikio Naruse
**Written by**: Mikio Naruse, Jiro Osaragi
**Starring**: Noboru Kiritachi, Ranko Edogawa, Hideo Saeki, Yuriko Hanabusa, Yo Shiomi, Sadao Maruyama

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A Tokyo housewife drifts between a dutiful husband and his flirtatious cousin while a winter keeps everyone snowbound. Naruse turns quiet domestic friction into slow-motion heartbreak, with the wife’s guarded resistance carrying the ache of a life quietly unraveling.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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