Lightning is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the 1936 novel by Fumiko Hayashi and was the second in a series of adaptations of Hayashi's work by Naruse after the 1951 Repast.
Japanese movie poster
Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.
Naruse in 1933