(literally "Ooh! Exploration Party") is a 1986

Japanese film The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that ea ...

directed by

Kichitaro Negishi is a Japanese film director. Although his films are admired by critics in Japan for their intelligence, Negishi has received little international recognition for his work. He has not been credited with a distinctive style but he has been called a ...

Plot

Tokiko Enomoto finds out that her husband Kazuya, who mostly lives at an apartment near his work while she and their children live at home, has been having an affair with a live-in mistress, Ryōko, at his apartment. Tokiko tells her two sons, Tarō and Jirō, that she has decided to divorce their father. The children are shocked but understand their mother's position. Kazuya realizes the damage he has done and tries to remedy the situation.

Cast

Yukiyo Toake is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 23rd Blue Ribbon Awards for ''Furueru Shita'' and at the 29th for ''Gray Sunset''. Filmography Film *1974 - ''Tora-san's Lullaby'' *1980 - ''Furueru Shita'' *1983 - ''The Catch ...

as Tokiko Enomoto *

Kunie Tanaka was a Japanese actor. Tanaka first made a name for himself as the lecherous antagonist of the ''Wakadaishō'' series (1961–1981) of films. He is also well-known for his roles in Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza films, namely the ''Battles Without Honor ...

as Kazuya Enomoto * as Tarō Enomoto * as Jirō Enomoto * as Ryōko * as the photographer *

Background

The screenplay for the film, based on a novel by Agata Hikari, was written by director

Yoshimitsu Morita was a Japanese film director who was born in Tokyo. Career Self-taught, first making shorts on 8 mm film during the 1970s, he made his feature film debut with ''No Yōna Mono'' (''Something Like It'', 1981).Mark Schillin"Director Yoshimitsu Mo ...

. The film has been described as "one of the forerunners of Japanese new age movies in the 80s."

Awards and nominations

10th Japan Academy Awards * Nominated: Best Screenplay -

8th

Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...

* Won: Best Film * Won: Best Screenplay -

29th

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...

* Won: Best Film * Won: Best Actor -

References

External links

* * * 1986 films Films directed by Kichitaro Negishi 1980s Japanese-language films Toho films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub