This Madding Crowd (1964)
Directed by Yuzo Kawashima
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this interesting Japanese drama, a journalist travels to a tiny fishing village outside Tokyo to learn more about traditional customs and culture. There he carefully watches the locals going about their daily business. Among those observed are a recovered alcoholic caring for his crippled wife; a frustrated groom whose marriage remains unconsummated; a mother and her impoverished daughter; and an old man, living aboard his boat, who reminisces about his past.
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boating, bum, conflict, custom [habit or practice], daughter, fishing, Japan, love, mother, residence, sleep, slice-of-life, small-town, village, wife, writing