Summer Clouds
1958 · 128 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 396 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse
Overview
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,744 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:24 IWASHIGUMO (SUMMER CLOUDS)
00:05:06 Before, we forced the eldest to succeed
00:09:38 Toyo Magazin - Atsugi's office
00:14:38 We blamed her for her lack of fervour in the fields.
00:20:43 There is nothing to worry about her family.
00:27:41 Answer frankly.
00:33:34 It is almost new.
00:38:12 Not at all!
00:42:31 It's old, but authentic.
00:48:08 I will tell him.
00:51:33 Is she a friend of aunt Yae?
00:55:12 Why is Hamako not going to university?
01:00:29 people no longer invest a lot of money in weddings.
01:05:54 We only find it at parties.
01:11:25 Come here!
01:15:22 It works out well.
01:19:33 Absolutely.
01:24:55 Really?
01:31:10 A marriage in small steps...
01:35:17 Please.
01:40:34 It's not logical.
01:45:32 For example, when a man is ill
01:51:29 How old do you think he is?
01:57:29 It's true.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,744
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:00:24
Final line01:57:29
Production Record
DirectorMikio Naruse
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes396