Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(1952)
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Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(1952)
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Shin Saburi | ... |
Mokichi Satake
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Michiyo Kogure | ... |
Taeko Satake
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Koji Tsuruta | ... |
Noboru Okada
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Chikage Awashima | ... |
Aya Amamiya
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Keiko Tsushima | ... |
Setsuko Yamauchi
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Eijirô Yanagi | ... |
Naosuke Yamauchi
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Kuniko Miyake | ... |
Chizu Yamauchi
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Kôji Shitara | ... |
Koji Yamauchi
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| Chishû Ryû | ... |
Sadao Hirayama
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Yûko Mochizuki | ... |
Shige Hirayama
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Hisao Toake | ... |
Toichiro Amamiya
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Matsuko Shiga |
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Takeo, a capricious wife from Tokyo high-society, is bored by her dull husband, a quiet and reliable company executive raised in the country (Shin Saburi) After a crisis, she understands better his true value. A parallel sub-plot shows her niece rebelling against the tradition of arranged marriages. Written by phs
Its about a rich family and arranged marriages. Taeko is in an arranged marriage which is not so successful, they communicate very badly and she lies to get out and do fun things with her friends. For her it is easy to lie to the husband as she thinks he is very stupid. Her niece don't want to go on a arranged marriage meet, but decide for herself who she wants to marry probably a sign of the times, the transition from traditional to modern Japan. In other ways also the modern is juxtaposed with the traditional, they wear kimonos as naturally as western style clothes. And her sister is working in a top position as a designer.
As another IMDb reviewer said this is most interesting because of the charming characters. The elegant, but a bit arrogant and selfish Satake Taeko (Kogure Michiyô) had me spellbound from beginning to end. All characters are interesting and the interaction and communication between them make up the movie.
The city itself takes up a small role in the movie as well, something I like a lot. Editing also is very clever at times. Its never ordinary or dull.