Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 102 minutes
Year of production : 1955 Director(s) : Kinuyo TANAKA Writer(s) : Ryosuke SAITO, Yasujiro OZU Cast : Chishu RYU, Shuji SANO, Hisako YAMANE, Yoko SUGI, Mie KITAHARA, Ko MISHIMA Producer(s) : Nikkatsu CORPORATION (NIKKATSU CORPORATION)
Mr. Asai left Tokyo during World War II, and now resides in Nara. He is a widower who lives with his three daughters: Chizuru, the eldest, who has returned home after her husband’s death; Ayako, who is of marriageable age but shows little interest in leaving home; and Setsuko, the youngest and most tomboyish of the three sisters. The latter is platonically close with Shoji, the out-of-work younger brother of Chizuru’s late husband, who lodges at a temple near the Asai’s home. One day, Shoji’s old friend Amamiya drops by while on a business trip. When Setsuko finds out that he remembers Ayako well from their youth, she joins forces with Shoji in a sneaky bid to reconnect the two…
Country(ies) : JAPAN
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