UKIGUMO

Mikio Naruse’s masterful exploration of obsessive love, follows Yukiko (Hideko Takamine), a woman returning to postwar Japan after working in French Indochina. Hoping to rekindle an affair with a married man, Tomioka (Masayuki Mori), she finds herself trapped in a destructive cycle of longing, betrayal, and despair. Set against the bombed-out landscapes of a devastated Japan, the film drifts between painful memories and harsh realities, culminating in one of Naruse’s most emotionally shattering conclusions.