Summer Clouds (1958)

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.

Released

1958-09-02

Genres

Drama

Runtime

128 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Mikio Naruse, Shinobu Hashimoto

TMDB rating

7.7/10 from 16 votes