# Repast (1951)

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**Original title**: *めし*
**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Mikio Naruse
**Written by**: Toshiro Ide, Sumie Tanaka
**Starring**: Ken Uehara, Setsuko Hara, Yukiko Shimazaki, Yōko Sugi, Akiko Kazami, Haruko Sugimura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Dry widow meets feline guest. Kin’s sudden stay in post-war Osaka cracks a marriage no one admits is hollow. The cousin leaves; the woman stays, spinning gold from the wreckage.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender

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