MUNEKATA KYODAI

(THE MUNEKATA SISTERS)
Yasujirô OZU
  • 2023
  • Cannes Classics
  • Restored prints

Setsuko (Kinuyo Tanaka) who is married to Mimura (So Yamamura) with no job and drunk most of the time, follows tradition and is faithful to him. Her free-spirited and modernized sister Mariko (Hideko Takamine), tries to connect Setsuko with Hiroshi (Ken Uehara) who just came back from France and is Setsuko’s former lover.
This film was produced at Shintoho studio which was Yasujiro Ozu’s first film ever directed outside Shochiku studios.

Directed by : Yasujirô OZU
Year of production: 1950
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 minutes

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  • Nora WYVEKENS

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