One can't predict what any of them will do from one moment to the next, and despite the seeming simplicity of this tragic story, its psychological complexity is bottomless.

It is best to begin a discussion of Mikio Naruse's Yearning by focusing on its concluding image.

It punches well above its weight in terms of personal drama, social commentary, and entertainment value.

'Yearning', by the Japanese director Mikio Naruse, is a melodrama that manages to move me with the wonderful chemistry between Hideko Takamine and Yûzô Kayama. [Full review in Spanish]