Equinox Flower
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| Directed by | Yasujiro Ozu |
| Written by | Kôgo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu, Ton Satomi (novel) |
| Starring | Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga |
| Music by | Kojun Saitô |
| Cinematography | Yuuharu Atsuta |
| Editing by | Yoshiyasu Hamamura |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Release date(s) | 1958 |
| Running time | 118 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Equinox Flower (Higanbana, 1958) was Yasujiro Ozu's first film in color. (Japan's first color film, Keisuke Kinoshita's Carmen Comes Home, had been released in 1951.) The film is based on a novel by Ton Satomi. The movie's titular flower is a Lycoris.
Wataru Hirayama is a wealthy businessman who acts as a go-between for couples seeking arranged marriage, but is both unprepared and unhappy when his daughter decides to make wedding plans on her own.
[edit] Cast
Shin Saburi ... Wataru Hirayama
Kinuyo Tanaka ... Kiyoko Hirayama
Ineko Arima ... Setsuko Hirayama
Miyuki Kuwano ... Hisako Hirayama
Yoshiko Kuga ... Fumiko Mikami
Chishu Ryu ... Shukichi Mikami
Fujiko Yamamoto ... Yukiko Sasaki
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