
A single mother works tirelessly as a Ginza bar hostess to ensure a better life for her young son until--her long-lost husband returns..


Is this worth a watch? If you like movies that move at the speed of real life—where the big drama happens in the silence between two people—then yes. Put this on. If you need a plot that moves fast or has a big twist, you’re going to be bored out of your mind. It’s for the people who actually want to sit with a charact...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Mikio Naruse

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"Is this worth a watch? If you like movies that move at the speed of real life—where the big drama happens in the silence between two people—then yes. Put this on. If you need a plot that moves fast or has a big twist, you’re going to be bored out of your mind. It’s for the people who actually want to sit with a character for an hour or so. Mikio Naruse isn't interested in making things easy for us. The whole movie feels like it’s holding its breath. The weight of the bar The Ginza bar scenes h..."
Ikkō Ōkuni
Mikio Naruse, Tadao Ikeda
Japan

