Daughters, Wives and a Mother (娘・妻・母, Musume • tsuma • haha) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.[2]
| Daughters, Wives and a Mother | |
|---|---|
| 娘・妻・母 | |
| Directed by | Mikio Naruse |
| Screenplay by | |
| Produced by | Sanezumi Fujimoto |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jun Yasumoto |
| Edited by | Eiji Ooi |
| Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date | |
Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
editSanae, a recent widow and the eldest daughter of a family, returns to her mother, eldest brother and his brother's wife. The family argues over what to do with the money Sanae's husband left her.[2]
Cast
edit- Setsuko Hara as Sanae Sakanoshi, the eldest daughter
- Masayuki Mori as Yūichirō Sakanishi, the eldest son
- Hideko Takamine as Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
- Reiko Dan as Haruko Sakanishi, the third daughter
- Mitsuko Kusabue as Kaoru Sakanishi, the second daughter
- Aiko Mimasu as Aki Sakanishi, the mother
- Akira Takarada as Reiji Sakanishi, the younger son
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingo Kuroki, a brewing engineer
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Hidetaka Tani, Kaoru's husband
- Haruko Sugimura as Kayo Tani, Hidetaka's mother
- Keiko Awaji as Mie Banishi, Reiji's wife
- Hiroshi Tachikawa as Makoto Asabuki, Haruko's lover
- Daisuke Katō as Shōsuke Tetsumoto, Kazuko's uncle
- Ken Uehara as Sokei Gojō, Sanae's matchmaker
- Chishū Ryū as old man in park
Release
editDaughters, Wives and a Mother received a roadshow theatrical release at the Yūraku-za Theatre in Tokyo, Japan on 21 May 1960. It was the first Japanese film to play at the theatre since World War II.[3] It received a general release on 28 May 1960. The film was Toho's highest-grossing film production of 1960 and the eighth highest-grossing Japanese production of 1960. It was released in the United States with English subtitles by Toho International on December 1, 1978.[2]
References
edit- ^ "娘・妻・母". Japanese Movia Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Foreign Film Distribs Leery Over Trend In Japan Vs. Roadshow Pix". Variety. 29 June 1960. p. 17. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via Archive.org.
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