Synopsis
In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
48 audience votes
Key crew
- Toshiro IdeScreenplay
- Mikio NaruseDirector
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
- Sumie TanakaScreenplay
Cast
- Ken UeharaHatsunosuke Okamoto
- Setsuko HaraMichiyo Okamoto
- Yukiko ShimazakiSatoko Okamoto
- Yōko SugiMitsuko Murata
- Akiko KazamiSeiko Tomiyasu
- Haruko SugimuraMatsu Murata
- Ranko HanaiKoyoshi Dohya
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiKazuo Takenaka
- Keiju KobayashiShinzo Murata
- So YamamuraCast
- Akira ŌizumiYoshitaro
- Ichirō ShimizuCast
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookmarriageosaka, japanmealunhappinesspost war japanbored housewife