Lightning (1952)

I enjoyed this a lot. I admired all the shots of Tokyo in particular, but Hideko Takamine is great as well and the story isn’t as heavy-handed as I had expected. Even an outburst of self-pity near the end didn’t dampen my pleasure. I hope there are more canonical 50s and 60s Naruse films as wonderful as this (my experience with them so far has been mixed). As far as Naruse goes, this is definitely a highlight for me.