And Then (1985)
"Sorekara" (original title)

Director:

Yoshimitsu Morita

Writers:

Soseki Natsume (novel), Tomomi Tsutsui (screenplay)

Stars:

Yûsaku Matsuda, Miwako Fujitani, Kaoru Kobayashi

18 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yûsaku Matsuda	...	Daisuke Nagai
Miwako Fujitani	...	Michiyo Hiraoka
Kaoru Kobayashi	...	Tsunejiro Hiraoka
Morio Kazama	...	Suganuma, Michiyo's brother
Chishû Ryû	...	Toku Nagai
Katsuo Nakamura	...	Seigo Nagai
Mitsuko Kusabue	...	Umeko Nagai
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenji Haga	...	Kadono
Jun Izumi	...	Joro
Maiko Kawakami	...	Kozome, geisha
Jun Miho	...	Sagawa's daughter
Yumi Morio	...	Nui Nagai
Issei Ogata	...	Terao

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

8 April 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

And Then

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

User Reviews

A beautiful film

To really appreciate the film. you have to understand the mentality of the Japanese, especially the Japanese society during the early 20th century. That is very different from the western way of doing, or even thinking things. The subtle messages and the hyper-sensitive (not really the exact word I would like but cannot think of any other at the moment) hit me with full impact and I was glued to the screen for the 134 minutes of it. It is a sad story, as most of the novels by the same author are. But that does not make it any less entertaining. I wish Japan can produce films like this more often. The recent output (apart from "Departure" which is excellent, are more often than not, disappointing.