Yearning

Synopsis

A noble war widow who has devoted eighteen years to keeping her late husband's small provincial grocery store alive faces bankruptcy from newly opened supermarkets, while enduring the passionate, taboo romantic confession of her wild younger brother-in-law, fleeing together on an overnight train journey into the misty mountains where passion and tragedy collide. Mikio Naruse's breathless widescreen masterpiece starring Hideko Takamine and Yuzo Kayama.