Kumeko Urabe

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Women of the Night
7.2

Women of the Night

May. 26, 1948

Women of the Night

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako’s sister-in-law, ...
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
7.5

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.
The Song of the Cart
7.2

The Song of the Cart

Feb. 11, 1959

The Song of the Cart

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
Before Spring
5.6

Before Spring

Sep. 20, 1980

Before Spring

Out of the blue, a bourgeois family on the Sea of Japan finds an unconscious woman on the beach and decides to let her board.
Brother and Sister
7.3

Brother and Sister

Aug. 19, 1953

Brother and Sister

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal ...
Lightning
7.5

Lightning

Oct. 09, 1952

Lightning

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a ...
The Rainbow Man
5.6

The Rainbow Man

Jul. 18, 1949

The Rainbow Man

When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend’s boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. ...
Yearning
8

Yearning

Jan. 15, 1964

Yearning

War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband’s family. Many years later, their business is threatened by ...