JAPAN · 1930

That Night’s Wife

Yasujiro Ozu
Japanese Golden Age parental sacrifice poverty and desperation crime and morality illness and mortality family bonds
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In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes with the funds, but complications arise.

Year1930
CountryJapan
DirectorYasujiro Ozu
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