Yearning (1964)

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Synopsis

Dir: Mikio Naruse. Japanese-language Drama. In 1960s Japan, a young widow (Hideko Takamine) who works at a liquor store owned by her husband's family, finds the family wants to sell to the business to a supermarket.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of cursing
• Infrequent references to suicide and death - no blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence - no blood or detail
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Family and duty
• Love and longing
• Complex relationships

Classification rationale

Rated PG for substance use, coarse language, and mild violence

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