Overview
In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Fumio Hayasaka
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Toshiro IdeScreenplay
- Sumie TanakaScreenplay
- Fumiko HayashiNovel
- Original title
- めし
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 23, 1951
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cast
Ken UeharaHatsunosuke Okamoto
Setsuko HaraMichiyo Okamoto
Yukiko ShimazakiSatoko Okamoto
Yōko SugiMitsuko Murata
Akiko KazamiSeiko Tomiyasu
Haruko SugimuraMatsu Murata
Ranko HanaiKoyoshi Dohya
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiKazuo Takenaka
Keiju KobayashiShinzo Murata
So Yamamura
Akira ŌizumiYoshitaro
Ichirō Shimizu
Haruo Tanaka
Chieko NakakitaKeiko Yamakita- Sayuri Tanima
Mitsue TachibanaKatsuko Suzuki
Kumeko Otowa
Yaeko Izumo
Teruko Nagaoka
Kumeko UrabeTaniguchi Shige
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