Noriko is twenty-seven years old and still living with her widowed father. Everybody tries to talk her into marrying, but Noriko wants to stay at home caring for her father.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Chishû Ryû | ... | Shukichi Somiya | |
| Setsuko Hara | ... | Noriko Somiya | |
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Yumeji Tsukioka | ... | Aya Kitagawa |
| Haruko Sugimura | ... | Masa Taguchi | |
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Hôhi Aoki | ... | Katsuyoshi |
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Jun Usami | ... | Shôichi Hattori |
| Kuniko Miyake | ... | Akiko Miwa | |
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Masao Mishima | ... | Jo Onodera |
| Yoshiko Tsubouchi | ... | Kiku | |
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Yôko Katsuragi | ... | Misako |
| Toyo Takahashi | ... | Shige (as Toyoko Takahashi) | |
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Jun Tanizaki | ... | Seizô Hayashi |
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Ichirô Shimizu | ... | Takigawa's master |
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Yôko Benisawa | ... | Teahouse Proprietress |
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Manzaburo Umewaka | ... | Shite |
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Noriko is 27 years old and is still living with her father Somiya, a widower. Noriko just recovered from an illness she developed in the war, and now the important question pops up: when will Noriko start thinking about marriage? Everybody who is important in her life tries to talk her into it: her father, her aunt, a girlfriend. But Noriko doesn't want to get married, she seems extremely happy with her life. She wants to stay with her father to take care of him. After all, she knows best of his manners and peculiarities. But Noriko's aunt doesn't want to give up. She arranges a partner for her and thinks of a plan that will convince Noriko her father can be left alone. Written by Arnoud Tiele (imdb@tiele.nl)
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21 July 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$13,254, 31 December 2016Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Shukichi Somiya: Marriage may not mean happiness from the start. To expect such immediate happiness is a mistake. Happiness isn't something you wait around for. It's something you create yourself. Getting married isn't happiness. Happiness lies in the forging of a new life shared together. It may take a year or two, maybe even five or ten. Happiness comes only through effort. Only then can you claim to be man and wife.See more »
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I've watched this film many times and love it very much. Ozu made Hara perfectly beautiful in this film. Noriko devoted her father and didn't want to marry because of him. He would be lonely if she married. Father and daughter lived happily together, but when she saw an elegant widow at Noh theather, she had jealousy. Hara Setsuko's acting was perfect as Noriko who was in love with her own father. No other actress could act like that. She was only Noriko. So director Ozu didn't change her role name Noriko for Setsuko Hara. Noriko in Banshun(Late Spring), Noriko in Bakushu(Early Summer),Noriko in Tokyo Monogatari(Tokyo Story) and I am Noriko as Setuko Hara's No.1 fan in Japan.