Lightning

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ABOUT THE FILM: In Japanese with English subtitles. Facing pressures to marry and having witnessed her two sisters’ own marital struggles, sightseeing bus guide Kiyoko (Hideko Takamine) strives for her own solitary independence, resisting suitors and openly expressing a disdain for men. Through a family of four siblings, each from different fathers, Naruse explores the suffocating family life of Kiyoko’s shitamachi household and its surroundings. LIGHTNING is a buildup of vignettes, events and o

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