Release Date

August, 25th, 1950

Running Time

114 min

Genre

Feature

Color

Monochrome

Screening Format

-

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

[ Directed by ]

• OZU Yasujiro

[ Cast ]

• TANAKA Kinuyo
• TAKAMINE Hideko
• UEHARA Ken
• TAKASUGI Sanae
• RYU Chishu
• YAMAMURA So
• HORI Yuji

[ Staff ]

• OSARAGI Jiro ── Original Story
• OZU Yasujiro ── Screenplay
• NODA Kogo ── Screenplay
• FUJIBAYASHI Ko ── Lighting
• SHIMOGAWARA Tomoo ── Production Design
• KAMIYA Masakazu ── Sound Recording
• GOTO Toshio ── Editor
• SAITO Ichiro ── Music
• OHARA Joji ── Cinematography

[ Production Company ]

SHINTOHO

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOHO

[ Story ]

Melodrama helmed by Ozu Yasujiro that captures Japanese beauty while depicting pained yet beautiful human events. First film directed by Ozu away from Shochiku.
The Munekata sisters are Setsuko (Tanaka Kinuyo) and Mariko (Takamine Hideko). Their father Tadachika (Ryu Chishu) suffers from cancer and is concerned about Setsuko's drunkard husband Mimura (Yamamura So). Mariko is frustrated by her submissive older sister Setsuko, who runs a bar in Ginza to support her husband. One day, Mariko meets Tashiro (Uehara Ken), an old friend.

[ Contact (International) ]

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