The Munekata Sisters (宗方姉妹, Munekata shimai) is a 1950 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Hideko Takamine.[1][2][3] It is based on a novel by Jirō Osaragi.[2][3]
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Directed by | Yasujirō Ozu |
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Cinematography | Jōji Ohara |
Edited by | Toshio Goto |
Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
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Distributed by | Shintoho |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Synopsis
editSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She supports Mimura and herself by running a bar in Tokyo, where her younger sister Mariko is also working. Setsuko had always been in love with Hiroshi, but both of them failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. Now he is back and Mariko tries to reunite them. Mariko too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.
Cast
edit- Kinuyo Tanaka as Setsuko
- Hideko Takamine as Mariko
- Sō Yamamura as Ryosuke Mimura
- Ken Uehara as Hiroshi Tashiro
- Sanae Takasugi as Masako
- Fujiwara Kamatari
References
editFurther reading
edit- Thomson, David (2010). The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Completely Updated and Expanded. Knopf. pp. 733, 950. ISBN 9780307594617.
- Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 196, 221, 234. ISBN 9780810875418.
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