72 minutes of postwar Japan staring into its own broken mirror.
Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki
Acting
Mieko Takamine's silences speak entire histories.
Direction
Saeki frames domestic spaces like emotional battlefields.
Director
Kiyoshi Saeki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Occupation-era censorship, the film subtly critiques American influence through domestic discord rather than political speech.
Saeki shot this in just 12 days for Shintoho's B-unit; Ken Uehara reportedly rewrote his own dialogue overnight when the script felt too theatrical.
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