Acteurist Oeuvre-View – Season 2 – Setsuko Hara: The Sound of the Mountain (1954) & Sudden Rain (1956)

In this Setsuko Hara Acteurist Oeuvre-view, two films by Mikio Naruse, The Sound of the Mountain (1954) and Sudden Rain (1956). We discuss the ways that the casting of Setsuko Hara in the first film seems to respond to Ozu's "Noriko trilogy" (especially Tokyo Story, although it was released only two months later), and the overt feminism of the subtle, comic, and ambiguous Sudden Rain. Hara, as usual, gives two very different performances as two very different unhappy wives. Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s: Sudden Rain (1956; dir. Mikio Naruse) 0h 30m 33s: The Sound of the Mountain (1954; dir. Mikio Naruse) 0h 59m 50s:     There's Sometimes a Letter (from Adam) +++ * Check out our Complete Upcoming Episode Schedule * Find Elise's latest film piece on Depression era film romance *And Read lots of Elise's Writing at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Cléo, and Bright Lights.* Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at [email protected] Theme Music: "What's Yr Take on Cassavetes?" – Le Tigre