Yearning

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Yearning

1964

1h 38m

Drama

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A grocer's widow (Hideko Takamine) faces outside pressure to sell her store and learns of her brother-in-law's (Yûzô Kayama) unrequited love for her.

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

One can't predict what any of them will do from one moment to the next, and despite the seeming simplicity of this tragic story, its psychological complexity is bottomless.

Oct 30, 2021

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Keith Uhlich

Slant Magazine

It is best to begin a discussion of Mikio Naruse's Yearning by focusing on its concluding image.

Rated: 4/4

Jun 7, 2006

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

It punches well above its weight in terms of personal drama, social commentary, and entertainment value.

Rated: 8/10

Dec 14, 2022

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

'Yearning', by the Japanese director Mikio Naruse, is a melodrama that manages to move me with the wonderful chemistry between Hideko Takamine and Yûzô Kayama. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Aug 8, 2020

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Vassili Jean K

A MASTERPIECE. So emotional at the end. UNFORGETTABLE !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/19/23

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william d

For a minute there I thought there was going to be a happy ending. Then I remembered, "Wait, this is Naruse . . . "

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This one's real real good!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

this is the finest melodrama i have ever seen. in a side note: i don't know why so many synopses refer to reiko's husband as a suicide when he was clearly killed in the war. anyway, the height of naruse and takemine's work, along with 'floating clouds'

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Mikio Naruse really deserves an Eclipse series.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

A melodrama of forbidden love from Mikio Naruse. Starting mundanely in a small shop being run out of business by a viciously competitive supermarket, the plot takes a hook turn from post-war family drama into more dangerous terrain. Stock characters take on new emotional dimensions and embark on a long (train) journey into the unknown, where anything might be possible if only society's shackles could be loosened.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Mikio Naruse

Director

Hideko Takamine

Reiko Morita

Yûzô Kayama

Koji Morita

Mie Hama

Ruriko

Yuriko Hoshi

Actor

Mitsuko Kusabue

Hisako Morizono

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Synopsis

A grocer's widow (Hideko Takamine) faces outside pressure to sell her store and learns of her brother-in-law's (Yûzô Kayama) unrequited love for her.

Director: Mikio Naruse
Screenwriter: Zenzô Matsuyama
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 38m