A Story Written with Water (1965) on Netflix
Shizuo Matsutani feels for his mother Shizuka what a son should not. Her wealthy lover Denzo wants him to marry Denzo's daughter Yumiko, and Shizuo sees Shizuka in Yumiko's face.
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Plot summary
Shizuo Matsutani is an introvert who has a salaryman's job and shares a home with his mother, Shizuka, and the attraction he feels for her is more than a son's. His father, Takao, is sickly and often in the hospital, unable to provide for the family, so Shizuka turns to a wealthy man named Denzo Hashimoto, whom Shizuo dislikes for his confidence. Denzo and Shizuka want Shizuo to marry Denzo's daughter Yumiko, a childhood friend of his, and in Yumiko's face he sees his mother's. A mysterious letter about Yumiko prompts him to explore his memories, and his childhood and his adult life unfold at the same time.
Cast
- Masakazu Kuwayamaas Yamazaki(Shôichi Kuwayama)…
- Takao Nakamuraas Murata
- Kimiko Kayoas Misako Yamatani
- Kaoru Mimuraas Kyōko Shimojima
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Story Written with Water (1965)
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- A Story Written with Water launched Yoshida's celebrated cycle of "anti-melodramas," films that starred Mariko Okada and challenged the genre's conventions about family and women's suffering, after his more conventional studio career at Shochiku.
- A Story Written with Water was the director's first independent film after leaving the Shochiku studio, the company where he had made his earlier, more conventional films.
