The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 84% of the 679 1950s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
108 audience votes
Key crew
- Yasujirō OzuDirector
- Ichirō SaitōOriginal Music Composer
- Kōgo NodaScreenplay
- Yasujirō OzuScreenplay
Cast
- Shin SaburiMokichi Satake
- Michiyo KogureTaeko Satake
- Koji TsurutaNoboru Okada
- Chikage AwashimaAya Amamiya
- Keiko TsushimaSetsuko Yamauchi
- Eijirō YanagiYamauchi
- Kuniko MiyakeChizu Yamauchi
- Kōji ShitaraKoji Yamauchi
- Chishū RyūSadao Hirayama
- Yūko MochizukiShige
- Hisao ToakeToichiro Amamiya
- Yōko KozonoFumi
Stills
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Themes
husband wife relationshipmarriage crisisarranged marriagelieaunt niece relationshiptokyo, japanniecegeneration gapmarital tensionsshōwa era (1926-89)japanese traditiongirls night out
The Best Japanese Drama Movies
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