# Undercurrent (1956)

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**Original title**: *夜の河*
**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
**Written by**: Sumie Tanaka
**Starring**: Fujiko Yamamoto, Ken Uehara, Keizō Kawasaki, Michiko Ai, Kazuko Ichikawa, Michiko Ono

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Kyoto’s silk and scandal meet when a purist kimono craftsman dallies with a professor whose wife keeps better hours. The affair smolders between fabric swatches and lecture notes until kimono and conscience both fray. Small heartbreak feels grander than most grand romances.

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