The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
50 audience votes
Key crew
- Kon IchikawaDirector
- Shinya HidakaWriter
- Kon IchikawaWriter
Cast
- Keiko KishiTsuruko Makioka
- Yoshiko SakumaSachiko Makioka
- Sayuri YoshinagaYukiko Makioka
- Yuko KotegawaTaeko Makioka
- Koji IshizakaTeinosuke
- Toshiyuki HosokawaHashidera
- Ittoku KishibeItakura
- Jūzō ItamiTatsuo
- Takenori EmotoHigashiya
- Jun HamamuraOtokichi
- Akiji KobayashiSeitaro Jinba
- Kazuya KosakaNomura
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookfamily relationshipsslice of lifeosaka, japanrelationshipmarriage brokersisterhoodpre-warnoble familyspring cherry blossomssistersshōwa era (1926-89)