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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 79/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 78% of the 6,939 2020s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic79/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
107 audience votes
Key crew
- Kiyoshi KurosawaDirector
- Tadashi NoharaScreenplay
- Kiyoshi KurosawaScreenplay
- Ryusuke HamaguchiScreenplay
Cast
- Yu AoiSatoko Fukuhara
- Issey TakahashiYūsaku Fukuhara
- Masahiro HigashideYasuharu Tsumori
- Ryota BandoFumio Takeshita
- Yuri TsunematsuKomako
- HyunriHiroko Kusakabe
- Takashi SasanoDoctor Nozaki
- Sakichi SatoStreet vendor
- Chuck JohnsonBob
- Maki NishiyamaCast
- MinosukeKanemura
- NihiForeign Business Supplier
