Yama no oto

Name: Yama no oto
Genre: Drama
Released: 1954-01-15
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, Ken Uehara

19541954
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1h 35m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

YOUR RATING

Drama

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

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Director
- Mikio Naruse
Writers
- Yasunari Kawabata(novel)
- Yôko Mizuki(adaptation)
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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Setsuko Hara and Sô Yamamura in Yama no oto (1954)

Yôko Sugi and Sô Yamamura in Yama no oto (1954)

Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara, and Sô Yamamura in Yama no oto (1954)

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Trivia
Sô Yamamura, who portrays Shingo the father, was actually one year younger than Ken Uehara, who portrayed his son Shuichi.

Quotes
Shingo Ogata: My mind is getting very foggy these days. Even when I look at a sunflower, it reminds me of what's in my head. If only what's in my head were as grand as that sunflower. I wish there was a way to take it off and have it cleaned or repaired. That's what I was thinking on the way home.
Kikuko Ogata: [laughs] Oh, father-in-law.
Shingo Ogata: Just take off my head and take it to the hospital like taking laundry to the cleaners.
Kikuko Ogata: That's very funny.
Shingo Ogata: In other words, while the mind is getting cleaned or repaired, the body will rest in the meantime.
Kikuko Ogata: You're too much, father-in-law.
Shingo Ogata: The body will have a good rest, without even dreaming.

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Excellent

I admit it. I'm a sucker for this type of movie. Old black-and-white film, well-acted and scripted, whether Japanese or American, and I'm lost.

Even better, this one has some top-notch dialogue. The scene where the father confronts the brassy mistress of his son has dialogue worthy of more than one Hollywood greats.

This film is a terrific high-class soap opera which brutally examines fracturing personal relationships in one family in post-war Japan. The previous reviewer implies that this is not among this director's great work. All I can say is, if this is a middling effort, then I for one have much movie-viewing pleasure ahead.

Highly recommended.

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