A bridge connects two banks, but what does it cost to cross?
Acting
Mariko Okada's restrained devastation
Direction
Banshō's Ozu-adjacent stillness
Cinematography
Compositions that breathe like sighs
Director
Yoshiaki Banshō
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from novelist Osaragi Jirō, who chronicled Japan's moral fractures during postwar reconstruction.
Banshō was a Shochiku studio director rarely exported; this film exemplifies the 'shomingeki' domestic drama tradition.
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