Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
- arranged marriage
- black and white
- post world war ii
- father daughter relationship
- serene
- shōwa era (1926-89)
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Chishū Ryū
Shukichi Somiya
Setsuko Hara
Noriko Somiya
Yumeji Tsukioka
Aya Kitagawa
Haruko Sugimura
Masa Taguchi
- Hōhi Aoki — Katsuyoshi
- Jun Usami — Shuichi Hattori
- Kuniko Miyake — Akiko Miwa
- Masao Mishima — Jo Onodera
- Yoshiko Tsubouchi — Kiku
- Yōko Katsuragi — Misako
- Toyo Takahashi — Shige
- Jun Tanizaki — Seizo Hayashi
- Ichirō Shimizu — Takigawa's Master
- Yoko Benisawa — Teahouse Proprietress
- Manzaburo Umewaka — Shite
- Directed
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Written
- Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu
Production
- Studio
- Shochiku
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