The End of Summer
A contemplative family drama set in postwar Japan that explores aging, desire, and the tensions between tradition and personal longing through the discovery of an old man's secret romance.
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
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