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Synopsis
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.
Ratings
| Source | Rating | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| IMDb | 8.1/10 | 42% |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 100% | 21% |
| Metacritic | 94/100 | 21% |
| TMDB | 7.9/10218 votes | 16% |
| Balasaur Score | 87 | 100% |
Key crew
- Senji ItoOriginal Music Composer
- Yasujirō OzuDirector, Screenplay
- Kōgo NodaScreenplay
Cast
- Setsuko HaraNoriko Mamiya
- Chishū RyūKoichi Mamiya
- Chikage AwashimaAya Tamura
- Kuniko MiyakeFumiko Mamiya
- Ichirō SugaiShukichi Mamiya
- Chieko HigashiyamaShige Mamiya
- Haruko SugimuraTami Yabe
- Kuniko IgawaTakako
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiKenkichi Yabe
- Shūji SanoSotaro Satake
- Toyo TakahashiNobu Tamura
- Seiji MiyaguchiNishiwaki
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