Genres: Drama

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imdb.theater-audience, imdb.watching-a-movie, imdb.stopping-traffic, imdb.yawning, imdb.bicycle, imdb.autopsy, imdb.camera, imdb.reporter, imdb.incense, imdb.happy-birthday, imdb.birthday-party, imdb.party, imdb.birthday, imdb.reading-a-newspaper, imdb.newspaper, imdb.self-indulgence, imdb.self-sacrifice, imdb.sleeping-pills, imdb.writer, imdb.passion, imdb.landfill-site, imdb.sunset, imdb.baby, imdb.post-world-war-two, imdb.pachinko-parlor, imdb.tokyo-japan, imdb.wake, imdb.isolation, imdb.loneliness, imdb.mourning, imdb.jungle-gym, imdb.sadness, imdb.happiness, imdb.flatulence, imdb.geisha, imdb.bowing, imdb.umbrella, imdb.rain, imdb.ulcer, imdb.mirror, imdb.illness, imdb.bowel-movement, imdb.constipation, imdb.diarrhea, imdb.barbiturate, imdb.cigar-smoking, imdb.uncle-nephew-relationship, imdb.aunt-nephew-relationship, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.feeding-a-dog, imdb.train-track, imdb.train, imdb.hearse, imdb.boy, imdb.altar, imdb.umpire, imdb.baseball-bat, imdb.baseball, imdb.snowing, imdb.telephone-call, imdb.japanese-flag, imdb.beer, imdb.pension, imdb.dance-hall, imdb.striptease, imdb.strip-club, imdb.dancing, imdb.dancer, imdb.song, imdb.singing, imdb.singer, imdb.nurse, imdb.doctor, imdb.retirement, imdb.suicide, imdb.demonstration, imdb.protest, imdb.boredom, imdb.snoring, imdb.sleep, imdb.falling-asleep, imdb.dream, imdb.prostitute, imdb.civil-service, imdb.civil-servant, imdb.dog, imdb.depression, imdb.love, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.marriage, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.father-in-law-daughter-in-law-relationship, imdb.money, imdb.death-of-wife, imdb.bartender, imdb.drunkenness, imdb.drink, imdb.drinking, imdb.tears, imdb.male-female-relationship, imdb.kimono, imdb.flashback, imdb.voice-over-narration, imdb.bar, imdb.old-man, imdb.buddhist, imdb.widower, imdb.sake, imdb.office-work, imdb.bureaucratic-inaction, imdb.finding-the-inner-child, imdb.reference-to-mephistopheles, imdb.death-of-mother, imdb.candle, imdb.bus, imdb.skin, imdb.eating, aspectratio.1-37-1

Watch Providers: Kanopy, Criterion Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Max

Production companies: Toho

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese