The marriage of Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki has gone stale, with both of them constantly arguing about what to do on a day off, or her cutting out cooking recipes from the newspaper before he finished reading it. Their animosities are witnessed by Fumiko's niece Ayako, who pays a visit to complain about her own husband's inattentiveness, and their new neighbours, the Imasatos. When Ryōtarō's company announces the dismissal of some of their employees, a group of colleagues visits him at home and offers him to become their partner in a bar financed with their severance pay, with Fumiko serving the bar's guests. Ryōtarō throws them out and has an argument with Fumiko, declaring that he does not want his wife to take up a job. The couple contemplates a divorce and Ryōtarō's return to his hometown to work on his family's farm. The next morning, a children's balloon falls into their backyard, and Fumiko and Ryōtarō become engaged in a defiant ball throwing game, watched by the neighbours.
Naruse biographer Catherine Russell called Sudden Rain an "extraordinarily bleak film", which nonetheless "offers a poetic treatment of a dismal situation".[4]Dan Sallitt saw the film's depiction of the marital conflict as "characteristically brutal and devastating" for Naruse, despite the "light-hearted formal play".[5]
References
^ ab"驟雨 (Sudden Rain)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ ab"驟雨 (Sudden Rain)" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London, Melbourne, Munich, New Providence: Bowker-Saur. ISBN1-85739-229-9.
^Russell, Catherine (2008). The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanese Modernity. Durham and London: Duke University Press. p. 284. ISBN978-0-8223-4290-8.
^Sallitt, Dan. "Sudden Rain". A Mikio Naruse Companion. Notes on the Extant Films, 1931-1967. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
sudden, rain, 驟雨, shūu, 1956, japanese, comedy, drama, film, directed, mikio, naruse, based, play, kunio, kishida, shūujapanese, movie, poster驟雨directed, bymikio, narusewritten, byyōko, mizukikunio, kishida, play, produced, bysanezumi, fujimotokeikichi, kakesh. Sudden Rain 驟雨 Shuu is a 1956 Japanese comedy drama film directed by Mikio Naruse It is based on a play by Kunio Kishida 3 ShuuJapanese movie poster驟雨Directed byMikio NaruseWritten byYōko MizukiKunio Kishida play Produced bySanezumi FujimotoKeikichi KakeshitaStarringSetsuko HaraShuji SanoCinematographyMasao TamaiEdited byEiji OoiMusic byIchirō SaitōProductioncompanyTohoDistributed byTohoRelease dateJanuary 14 1956 1956 01 14 1 2 Running time90 minutes 1 2 CountryJapanLanguageJapanese Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditThe marriage of Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki has gone stale with both of them constantly arguing about what to do on a day off or her cutting out cooking recipes from the newspaper before he finished reading it Their animosities are witnessed by Fumiko s niece Ayako who pays a visit to complain about her own husband s inattentiveness and their new neighbours the Imasatos When Ryōtarō s company announces the dismissal of some of their employees a group of colleagues visits him at home and offers him to become their partner in a bar financed with their severance pay with Fumiko serving the bar s guests Ryōtarō throws them out and has an argument with Fumiko declaring that he does not want his wife to take up a job The couple contemplates a divorce and Ryōtarō s return to his hometown to work on his family s farm The next morning a children s balloon falls into their backyard and Fumiko and Ryōtarō become engaged in a defiant ball throwing game watched by the neighbours Cast EditSetsuko Hara as Fumiko Namiki Shuji Sano as Ryōtarō Namiki Kyōko Kagawa as Ayako Keiju Kobayashi as Mr Imasato Akemi Negishi as Mrs Imasato Chieko Nakakita as Mrs Kurobayashi Daisuke Katō as KawakamiReception EditNaruse biographer Catherine Russell called Sudden Rain an extraordinarily bleak film which nonetheless offers a poetic treatment of a dismal situation 4 Dan Sallitt saw the film s depiction of the marital conflict as characteristically brutal and devastating for Naruse despite the light hearted formal play 5 References Edit a b 驟雨 Sudden Rain Japanese Movie Database in Japanese Retrieved 28 January 2021 a b 驟雨 Sudden Rain in Japanese Kinema Junpo Retrieved 28 January 2021 Goble Alan 1999 The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film London Melbourne Munich New Providence Bowker Saur ISBN 1 85739 229 9 Russell Catherine 2008 The Cinema of Naruse Mikio Women and Japanese Modernity Durham and London Duke University Press p 284 ISBN 978 0 8223 4290 8 Sallitt Dan Sudden Rain A Mikio Naruse Companion Notes on the Extant Films 1931 1967 Retrieved 6 January 2022 External links EditSudden Rain at IMDb 驟雨 Sudden Rain Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム Retrieved 28 January 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sudden Rain amp oldid 1125610873, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
