Yearning (1964)
Midareru
98 min
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
- Release date
- January 15, 1964
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
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Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Reiko Morita
- Yûzô Kayama as Koji Morita
- Mitsuko Kusabue as Hisako Morizono
- Mie Hama as Ruriko, Koji's girlfriend
- Aiko Mimasu as Shizu Morita
- Yū Fujiki as Mr. Nomizo, employee at rival supermarket of Morita's
- Kazuo Kitamura as Mr. Morizono, Hisako's husband
- Hisao Toake as Mr. Okamoro, drugstore owner
- Kumeko Urabe as Bar madam at Ginzan hotspring
- Kan Yanagiya as Mr. Kaga
- Yutaka Sada as Mr. Murata
- Yutaka Nakayama
- Yumi Shirakawa as Takako Morita
- Chieko Nakakita as Mrs. Kaga
- Gen Shimizu
- Yasuhiko Saijô
- Yasuzô Ogawa
- Toshiko Yabuki
- Haruo Nakajima as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Crew
- Mikio Naruse · Director
- Zenzō Matsuyama · Writer
- Mikio Naruse · Writer
- Sanezumi Fujimoto · Producer
- Mikio Naruse · Producer
- Ichirō Saitō · Composer
- Jun Yasumoto · Cinematographer
- Eiji Ooi · Editor
- Satoru Chûko · Production designer