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      Sudden Rain

      1956 1h 31m Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 100% 100+ Ratings Audience Score A couple's pet peeves and minor irritations lead to major animosity. Read More Read Less

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      william d Unfortunately, the print I saw had subpar English subtitles, so I'm sure I missed a lot of the dialogue's nuance. Still, I enjoyed the film. While not laugh-out-loud funny there were many scenes that put a smile on my face. And the dramatic parts will ring true for anyone who has been married for any length of time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a sucker for these Mikio Naruse dramas (or sometimes melodramas) where Japanese people talk incessantly and relationships are carefully observed. I find them somehow relaxing. Often Naruse focuses on women and their attitudes toward each other (or toward the men in their lives); in that regard, he aims for us to identify with the great Setsuko Hara (who died last year at 95) here. She is a patient housewife, managing things for herself and her husband (married four years), but denying her own needs and interests (in true Japanese female fashion). I read somewhere too that Naruse films tend to fixate on money problems and Sudden Rain is no exception. The pivotal event that tips the couple from "kentaiki" (relationship fatigue) into distress is the threat of lay-off for the husband from the cosmetics company where he is a salesman. Actually, he has to choose between resigning with a 100,000 yen bonus (a vast sum in 1950s Japan) or staying on with the risk of getting laid off with no bonus. He contemplates moving back to the small village where he grew up, something which he knows his wife would not want to do. As is typical for Naruse, there is no clear resolution of the issues but, at the film's end, the couple seems resigned to continuing as they are. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Keith Uhlich Slant Magazine In Sudden Rain, Setsuko Hara uses her trademark beatific grin as a kind of Noh-theater disguise masking a virulent emotional undercurrent. Rated: 4/4 Nov 8, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A couple's pet peeves and minor irritations lead to major animosity.
      Director
      Mikio Naruse
      Screenwriter
      Yôko Mizuki
      Production Co
      Toho Company Ltd.
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      1h 31m