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Equinox Flower
彼岸花
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu
1958•1h 58m•NR•★ 7.9
Comedy / Drama
Synopsis
A respectable Tokyo businessman happily gives progressive marriage advice to his friends' independent daughters, but reacts with stubborn, hypocritical fury when his own eldest daughter chooses her own husband without his prior patriarchal arrangement. Yasujiro Ozu's first film in glorious Agfacolor, celebrating family harmony, generational friction, and Setsuko Hara.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorYasujirō Ozu
WriterKōgo NodaYasujirō Ozu
CinematographyYûharu Atsuta
MusicTakanobu Saitō
Principal Cast
Shin SaburiWataru Hirayama
Kinuyo TanakaKiyoko Hirayama
Ineko ArimaSetsuko Hirayama
Yoshiko KugaFumiko Mikami
Keiji SadaMasahiko Taniguchi
Teiji TakahashiShotaru Kondo
Miyuki KuwanoHisako Hirayama
Chishū RyūShukichi Mikami
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Runtime1h 58m (118 mins)
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DirectorYasujiro Ozu
LanguagesJapanese
CountryJP
StudioShochiku
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