880-02 Sugimura Haruko, Nagao Toshinosuke, Tokudaiji Shin, Miura Mitsuko, Ozawa Eitaro, Osaka Shiro. Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.
Summary:
Filmed after Japan's unconditional surrender in 1945, this family drama functions as an angry indictment of Japanese imperialism. Fusako, a widow, is enjoying Christmas with her three sons and daughter. But the family's happiness is destroyed by several bad events: Fusako's daughter's fiance is drafted for war service and her eldest son is arrested for his political beliefs. An uncle who is a general in the army begins to dominate the family and Fusako faces increasing sadness as the war continues and finally ends.
Series:
Eclipse from the Criterion Collection. Series 41, Kinoshita and World War II
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