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Also known as Bakushū

1951 film by Yasujirō Ozu

Film · TMDB

7.8

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.

Released: 1951-10-03125 minDir: Yasujirō OzuDramaPart of: Noriko Trilogy

Cast

  • Setsuko Hara as Noriko Mamiya
  • Chishū Ryū as Koichi Mamiya
  • Chikage Awashima as Aya Tamura
  • Kuniko Miyake as Fumiko Mamiya
  • Ichirō Sugai as Shukichi Mamiya
  • Chieko Higashiyama as Shige Mamiya

Themes

  • marriage proposal
  • family relationships
  • matchmaking
  • tokyo, japan
  • post world war ii
  • post war japan
  • family issues
  • unmarried woman

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Ratings

IMDb

8/10

10,721 votes

Year
1951
Runtime
125 min
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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