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This 1961 melodrama from Japan unfortunately doesn’t seem widely known, which is a great shame because it also happens to be one of the most gruelling films ever made for its own sort, for I’ve only been left shaking as it sunk into my mind from only as much as one viewing. I’m still not even sure where to begin if I want to even cover what this movie does right, because I haven’t been so taken in from such an experience and yet I think returning back to watching will prove itself an incredibly difficult task. But as I was sitting there watching Happiness of Us Alone, I was convinced this was something that I so badly needed – and I wouldn’t have found it had another friend of mine not brought it to my attention earlier.