Two in the Shadow

About Two in the Shadow

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.

Mikio Naruse's Two in the Shadow is a 1967 romance film. The film is filed under car accident, widow, funeral, and forbidden love.

Yūzō Kayama stars as Shiro Mishima, Yōko Tsukasa as Yumiko, Mitsuko Mori as Katsuko, and Mie Hama as Teruko. At 108 minutes long, it arrived in November 1967.

The screenplay is by Nobuo Yamada. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel.

First Reformed, Evil Dead Burn, and The Frighteners make useful companions to Two in the Shadow, all filed under abortion and pregnancy.