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 |
| Jun Usami | ... | Shôichi Hattori | |
| Kuniko Miyake | ... | Akiko Miwa | |
| 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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The film was written and shot during the Allied Powers' Occupation of Japan. See more »Goofs
A camera/dolly shadow is visible on the sidewalk as it follows Noriko walking. See more »Quotes
Aya Kitagawa: [to Noriko] Men are no good. They're devious. Before marriage they only show their good side, but once they have you, everything awful comes out. Even if you marry for love, you never know what you're getting.See more »
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21 July 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The revelation of Noriko's wedding dress is perhaps the most powerfully painful moment of cinema I've ever experienced. The contrast between her freedom before her wedding, the moving camera (very foreign to Ozu) her range of emotion, her geographical and social freedom, and the deeply disturbing oppression that her wedding signals is very affecting. It is gutting. And so devastating that she accepts her oppression. Powerful, if needing commitment and patience. Especially the six minutes of the impenetrable Noh play.