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

* Rentarō Mikuni: Akio Asano *

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 Japan ...

: Tetsuo *

Emi Wakui is a Japanese actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analog ...

: Seiko Kawashima * Miyoko Asada: Toshiko * Kazuyo Asari: Ayako *

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'', a ...

: Reiko * Chosuke Ikariya : Jirō Katō * Leonard Kuma * Tatsuo Matsumura: Terao * Ken Nakamoto * Meiko Nakamura * Tomoko Naraoka * Ichirō Ogura * Mikiko Otonashi * B-saku Satoh * Casey Takamine *

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 ...

* Ryuzo Tanaka: Tadashi

Reception

Awards and nominations

15th Japan Academy Prize *Won: Best Picture *Won:

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

- Rentarō Mikuni *Won: Best Supporting Actor -

*Won: Best Supporting Actress -

*Won: Rookie of the Year -

and

*Nominated:

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BAF ...

- Yoji Yamada *Nominated: Best Screenplay - Yoji Yamada 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 and Ryuji Matsumoto *Nominated: Best Film Editing - Iwao Ishii 16th Hochi Film Award *Won: Best Film *Won: Best Actor -

References

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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 {{1990s-Japan-film-stub