The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
96 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Akira KurosawaWriter
- Eijiro HisaitaWriter
- Keiji MatsuzakiWriter
- Tadashi HattoriOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Setsuko HaraYukie Yagihara
- Susumu FujitaRuykichi Noge
- Denjirō ŌkōchiProfessor Yagihara
- Haruko SugimuraMadame Noge
- Eiko MiyoshiMadame Yagihara
- Akitake KōnoItokawa
- Kokuten KōdōMr. Noge
- Takashi ShimuraPolice Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
- Taizō FukamiMinister of Education
- Masao ShimizuProfessor Hakozaki
- Haruo TanakaStudent
- Kazu HikariDetective
Stills
Themes
student protestkyoto, japan1940s1930sfriends love same womanflower arrangementsanti-warretired professor