is a 1991 Japanese film directed by
Yōji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor'').
Biography
He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...
. It was chosen as Best Film at the
Japan Academy Prize ceremony.
Synopsis
The children of old-fashioned patriarch of a family in Iwate Province gather to observe the first anniversary of their mother's death. Tetsuya, working as a bartender in Tokyo, quarrels with his father over the way he is leading his life.
Cast
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Rentarō Mikuni
(also sometimes credited as 三国連太郎) (January 20, 1923 – April 14, 2013) was a Japanese film actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for ...
: Akio Asano
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Masatoshi Nagase
is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's ''Cold Fever'' and Jim Jarmusch's ''Mystery Train''.
Nagase was described by Todd Brown of Twitch Film as "one of the great unsung heroes of Japane ...
: Tetsuo
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Emi Wakui
is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in ''Rainbow Bridge (Niji no Hashi)'', and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Sei ...
: Seiko Kawashima
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Miyoko Asada
is a Japanese actress. She is a former pop idol.
Biography
Miyoko Asada debuted as an idol in April 1973 with the single ''"Akai Fuusen"'' (The Red Balloon), which sold over 800,000 copies and peaked at #1 on the Japanese Oricon chart list. ...
: Toshiko
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Kazuyo Asari
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*, Japanese actress
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: Ayako
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Mieko Harada
is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974.
Career
Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film '' Ran'', an ...
: Reiko
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Chosuke Ikariya
was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the comedy group The Drifters. His nickname was .
Life and career
1931–1962: Childhood and early career
Chōsuke Ikariya was born with the name on November 1, 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. Du ...
: Jirō Katō
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Leonard Kuma
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The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin '' ...
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Tatsuo Matsumura: Terao
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Ken Nakamoto
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Entertainment
* Ken (album), ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer.
* Ken (film), ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film.
* Ken (magazine), ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine ...
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Meiko Nakamura
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Tomoko Naraoka
is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Tokyo, Komagome, Hongō, Tokyo, Hongō (present-day Bunkyō, Tokyo, Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo City, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University ...
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Ichirō Ogura
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Mikiko Otonashi
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B-saku Satoh
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Casey Takamine
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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 Hono ...
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Ryuzo Tanaka: Tadashi
Reception
Awards and nominations
15th
Japan Academy Prize
*Won: Best Picture
*Won:
Best Actor -
Rentarō Mikuni
(also sometimes credited as 三国連太郎) (January 20, 1923 – April 14, 2013) was a Japanese film actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for ...
*Won: Best Supporting Actor -
Masatoshi Nagase
is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's ''Cold Fever'' and Jim Jarmusch's ''Mystery Train''.
Nagase was described by Todd Brown of Twitch Film as "one of the great unsung heroes of Japane ...
*Won: Best Supporting Actress -
Emi Wakui
is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in ''Rainbow Bridge (Niji no Hashi)'', and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Sei ...
*Won: Rookie of the Year -
Masatoshi Nagase
is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's ''Cold Fever'' and Jim Jarmusch's ''Mystery Train''.
Nagase was described by Todd Brown of Twitch Film as "one of the great unsung heroes of Japane ...
and
Emi Wakui
is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in ''Rainbow Bridge (Niji no Hashi)'', and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Sei ...
*Nominated:
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* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
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Yoji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor'').
Biography
He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...
*Nominated:
Best Screenplay -
Yoji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor'').
Biography
He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...
and
Yoshitaka Asama
*Nominated: Best Music -
Teizo Matsumura
Teizo Matsumura (松村 禎三 ''Matsumura Teizō''; 15 January 1929 – 6 August 2007) was a Japanese composer and poet. Orphaned and suffering from tuberculosis, during his recovery in the early 1950s he began to write both haiku and music. He ...
*Nominated: Best Cinematography -
Tetsuo Takaba
*Nominated: Best Lighting Direction -
Yoshifumi Aoki
*Nominated: Best Art Direction -
Mitsuo Degawa
*Nominated: Best Sound Recording -
Isao Suzuki
was a Japanese jazz double-bassist.
Biography
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Suzuki learned to play bass on United States military bases, and played early in his career with Shotaro Moriyasu, Hidehiko Matsumoto, and Sadao Watanabe. He led his own ense ...
and
Ryuji Matsumoto
*Nominated: Best Film Editing -
Iwao Ishii
16th
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun
, previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day.
It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''.
...
*Won: Best Film
*Won: Best Actor -
Masatoshi Nagase
is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's ''Cold Fever'' and Jim Jarmusch's ''Mystery Train''.
Nagase was described by Todd Brown of Twitch Film as "one of the great unsung heroes of Japane ...
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1991 films
Films directed by Yoji Yamada
Japanese romantic comedy films
1990s Japanese-language films
1991 romantic comedy films
Shochiku films
Picture of the Year Japan Academy Prize winners
Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners
Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada
1990s Japanese films
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