Equinox Flower (1958)
Original title: 彼岸花
Equinox Flower is a 1958 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Yasujirō Ozu, with a running time of 1h 58m. It stars Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka and Ineko Arima.
Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
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Cast
- Shin Saburi as Wataru Hirayama
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Kiyoko Hirayama
- Ineko Arima as Setsuko Hirayama
- Yoshiko Kuga as Fumiko Mikami
- Keiji Sada as Masahiko Taniguchi
- Teiji Takahashi as Shotaru Kondo
- Miyuki Kuwano as Hisako Hirayama
- Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Mikami
- Chieko Naniwa as Hatsu Sasaki
- Fujiko Yamamoto as Yukiko Sasaki
- Fumio Watanabe as Ichiro Nagamura
- Nobuo Nakamura as Toshihiko Kawai