Sudden Rain (1956 film)

Shūu
Shūu
	Japanese movie poster
	驟雨
Directed by	Mikio Naruse
Written by	Yōko Mizuki; Kunio Kishida (play);
Produced by	Sanezumi Fujimoto; Keikichi Kakeshita;
Starring	Setsuko Hara; Shūji Sano;
Cinematography	Masao Tamai
Edited by	Eiji Ooi
Music by	Ichirō Saitō
Production; company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	January 14, 1956;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sudden Rain (驟雨, Shūu) is a 1956 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on a play by Kunio Kishida.^[3]

Plot[]

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.

Cast[]


Actor	Role
Setsuko Hara	Fumiko Namiki
Shūji Sano	Ryōtarō Namiki
Kyōko Kagawa	Ayako
Keiju Kobayashi	Mr. Imasato
Akemi Negishi	Mrs. Imasato
Chieko Nakakita	Mrs. Kurobayashi
Daisuke Katō	Kawakami

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sudden Rain at the Japanese Movie Database" (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^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.

External links[]

Sudden Rain at IMDb
Sudden Rain at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
"驟雨 (Sudden Rain)". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[jmdb-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sudden Rain at the Japanese Movie Database" (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[kinemajunpo-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "驟雨 (Sudden Rain)" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[Goble-3] Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London, Melbourne, Munich, New Providence: Bowker-Saur. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.

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