Dancing Girl

舞姫
1951 85 min Drama

Brief Encounter without the stiff upper lip. A writer and his ballet-instructor wife have quietly circled a long-simmering marital crisis. The arrival of a catalyst forces the couple to finally reckon with the state of their union. A minor key study of mid-century resignation.

Directed by Mikio Naruse · Written by Kaneto Shindō

Starring Mieko Takamine, So Yamamura, Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

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