Festival Rollercoaster - part of the BFI Melodrama Too Much programme
Kinuyo Tanaka, Japan 1955, 106mins, subtitled
This 1955 Japanese classic, directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, has been described as 'a whirlwind of tragedy'. Certainly the protagonist Fumiko has a lot on her plate, as she grapples with an unfaithful husband, divorce, a terminal breast cancer diagnosis, a younger lover, and becoming a poet.
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