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11 July 1993 (USA)
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Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry...
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Interesting story of an arranged marriage when the groom is gay
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Cast
(in credits order) | Hiroko Yakushimaru | ... | Shoko Koyama |
| Etsushi Toyokawa | ... | Mutsuki Kishida |
| Michitaka Tsutsui | ... | Kon Fujishima |
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| Kai Atô | ||
| Masuyo Iwamoto | ... | Yuriko Kishida, Yuzo's wife |
| Mariko Kaga | ... | Chiaki Koyama, Shoko's mother |
| Yûsuke Kawazu | ... | Yuzo Kishida, Mutsuki's father |
| Yukio Ninagawa | ||
| Tomoko Oshima | ... | Misuho Ito, Shoko's friend |
| Rie Shibata | ... | Waitress |
| Kumiko Tsuchiya | ||
| Masahiko Tsugawa | ... | Todushi Koyama, Chiaki's husband |
| Hatsuo Yamaya | ||
| Satoko Ôshima | ||
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| Joji Matsuoka | |||
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| Kaori Eguni | novel | |
| Joji Matsuoka | ||
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| Tomoki Ikeda | .... | producer | |
| Shin'ya Kawai | .... | producer | |
| Haruo Umekawa | .... | producer | |
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| Masamichi Shigeno | |||
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| Norimichi Kasamatsu | |||
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| Mari Kishi | |||
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| Mitsuo Endo | |||
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| Juichi Horiguchi | .... | production manager | |
| Koichi Murakami | .... | production manager | |
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| Shinpei Kikuchi | .... | sound | |
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98 min | Brazil:103 min
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Featured in 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995) (TV)See more »
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A 30 something Japanese doctor bows to the pressure of his parents' demands and agrees to an arranged marriage even though he already has a gay lover who is a student at a local college.
The wife has a problem of her own (alcohol) but does try to make the marriage work, seeking out the lover, introducing herself and inviting him to their home.
Although the student and the wife seem to get along well, the doctor has problems and much trouble ensues.
Even through the difficulties presented with subtitles and trying to understand those of a very different culture, the movie is well presented, consistently interesting and the performances are very believable.