Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Why tonight?
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- daughter
- tradition
- wedding
- father daughter conflict
- shōwa era (1926-89)
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Shin Saburi
Wataru Hirayama
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kiyoko Hirayama
Ineko Arima
Setsuko Hirayama
Yoshiko Kuga
Fumiko Mikami
- Keiji Sada — Masahiko Taniguchi
- Teiji Takahashi — Shotaru Kondo
- Miyuki Kuwano — Hisako Hirayama
- Chishū Ryū — Shukichi Mikami
- Chieko Naniwa — Hatsu Sasaki
- Fujiko Yamamoto — Yukiko Sasaki
- Fumio Watanabe — Ichiro Nagamura
- Nobuo Nakamura — Toshihiko Kawai
- Toyo Takahashi — Wakamatsu's Owner
- Ryuji Kita — Heinosuke Horie
- Mutsuko Sakura — Akemi
- Directed
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Written
- Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 166 ratings
- Studio
- Shochiku
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
