Midareru (1964)
Directed by Mikio Naruse
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this depressing Japanese drama, a grocer continues to operate her husband's business long after he has killed himself. Her brother-in-law has been in love with her for ages. Eventually she gives in and a romance blooms until she suddenly rejects him in favor of her husband's memory. The jilted lover becomes so despondent that he too commits suicide.
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grocer, widow/widower, business, depression, brother-in-law, death, suicide