Scattered Clouds aka Two in the Shadow (乱れ雲, Midaregumo) is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse starring Yōko Tsukasa and Yūzō Kayama.
[2][3] Shortly before Yumiko's and her husband Hiroshi's (an employee of the Ministry of Economy) departure for the United States, he is killed in a car accident.
The car's driver, Shiro, although acquitted in the following hearing, feels guilty and offers Yumiko to pay a monthly instalment.
Yumiko first rejects, but when her husband's family disowns her, leaving her without an inheritance, she finally accepts the money.
Due to her precarious financial situation, she decides to return to her hometown and work in the inn run by her sister near Lake Towada.