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.
Directed by Mikio Naruse
based on novel or book
marriage
osaka, japan
meal
unhappiness
post war japan
bored housewife
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
Cast
Ken Uehara
Hatsunosuke Okamoto
Setsuko Hara
Michiyo Okamoto
Yukiko Shimazaki
Satoko Okamoto
Yōko Sugi
Mitsuko Murata
Akiko Kazami
Seiko Tomiyasu
Haruko Sugimura
Matsu Murata
Ranko Hanai
Koyoshi Dohya
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kazuo Takenaka
Keiju Kobayashi
Shinzo Murata
So Yamamura
Akira Ōizumi
Yoshitaro
Haruo Tanaka
Crew
Mikio Naruse
Director
Sumie Tanaka
Screenplay
Toshiro Ide
Screenplay
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Fumiko Hayashi
Novel
Yasunari Kawabata
Script Supervisor
Popular Reviews
7 reviews
Marcus Christensen
8.0★ · 10/23/25
Frankly almost indistinguishable from the Ozu films I have seen—perhaps a few more tracking shots. well portrayed emotional arc from Setsuko Hara. detail of the young widow and her son selling newspapers was touching.
Frankly almost indistinguishable from the Ozu films I have seen—perhaps a few more tracking shots. well portrayed emotional arc from Setsuko Hara. detail of the young widow and her son selling newspapers was touching.
Shahar metzer
7.0★ · 04/05/25
Love this film. It’s excellently made and well-written, with a fairly simple narrative. I came across it by chance while browsing through pieces of Japanese media available in the Internet Archive’s collection. highly recommended.
Love this film. It’s excellently made and well-written, with a fairly simple narrative. I came across it by chance while browsing through pieces of Japanese media available in the Internet Archive’s collection. highly recommended.
