# Sudden Rain (1956)

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**Original title**: *驟雨*
**Runtime**: 91 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Mikio Naruse
**Written by**: Yōko Mizuki
**Starring**: Setsuko Hara, Shūji Sano, Kyōko Kagawa, Akemi Negishi, Keiju Kobayashi, Chieko Nakakita

> *The sadness of the fight is the sadness of love. The joy and decline of life that only couples know*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Strangers on a Train meets ordinary life. A stale marriage is put on display. Carries the mundane nuances of 50s Japan.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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