Mikio Naruse – Shûu AKA Sudden Rain (1956)

Synopsis:
THE SADNESS OF THE FIGHT IS THE SADNESS OF LOVE. THE JOY AND DECLINE OF LIFE THAT ONLY COUPLES KNOW.

A husband and wife’s pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

Review:
In one of the most honest depictions of traditional marriage i’ve ever seen, Setsuko Hara plays a weary and cynical housewife grating against her second class status. Her husband is an old fashioned guy who isn’t cut out for the rat race; he’s got a lot of job related stress but refuses to allow her a life outside the home. A sudden rain leads to a meeting with the new neighbors that will shake up all of their lives. A spare and simple drama with some lighter moments and an odd ending that sees the couple lifted out of their lethargy, if only temporarily. Loved the apparently diegetic piano music on the soundtrack, a clear reference to Setsuko’s thwarted ambitions that’s later revealed to be a neighbor’s obsessive practicing. It’s great to see Setsuko in such an overtly feminist role.
— rischka (Letterboxd)

Sudden Rain (1956) -- Mikio Naruse.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 30mn
Size: 	1.48 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	720x480 ~> 720x540
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	1 900 Kbps
BPP: 	0.229
Audio
#1:  	Japanese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 448 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/8F98B83C56F2ED3/Sudden_Rain_(1956)_–_Mikio_Naruse.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English (muxed)