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Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955) Online
Original Title :
Uruwashiki saigetsu
Genre :
Movie / Drama
Year :
1955
Directror :
Masaki Kobayashi
Cast :
Keiji Sada,Yoshiko Kuga,Isao Kimura
Writer :
Zenzô Matsuyama
Type :
Movie
Time :
2h
Rating :
7.0/10
Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955) Online

Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.
Cast overview, first billed only:
Keiji Sada Keiji Sada
Yoshiko Kuga Yoshiko Kuga - Sakurako
Isao Kimura Isao Kimura - Dr. Imanishi
Toshiko Kobayashi Toshiko Kobayashi
Hitomi Nozoe Hitomi Nozoe
Eitarô Ozawa Eitarô Ozawa - (as Sakae Ozawa)
Akiko Tamura Akiko Tamura - Sakurako's grandma
Akio Satake Akio Satake
Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura
Junkichi Orimoto Junkichi Orimoto
Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno - Imanishi's father
Fujio Suga Fujio Suga
Tatsuya Ishiguro Tatsuya Ishiguro
Isao Yamagata Isao Yamagata
Imako Minakami Imako Minakami


User reviews

JoJosho

JoJosho

The conventional wisdom about the director, Masaki Kobayashi's movie career is that he was forced by his studio to make a bunch of uninteresting crowd pleasers before he was allowed to make his 60's masterpieces. Well, I don't know (yet) about all of his early movies, but Beautiful Days strikes me as a movie that any director would have been proud to have directed. Sure, it's not in the same league as The Human Condition or Kwaidan, but it's still an excellently made drama.

There is not much of a plot. Most of the action revolves around three young men who have been friends since middle school but now find themselves drifting apart. That's about it. The storyline isn't really the point. The movie's pleasures come from the characters' interactions and the way they respond to the pressures caused by tough economic times, nostalgia, family pressures and disillusionment caused by WWII. The performances are all very good, but the movie is stolen by Keiji Sada who plays a jazz drummer who is trying, rather half-heartedly, to live a life of dissipation.

Again, this movie lacks the grand ambitions and social commentary of Kobayashi's later movies, but anyone looking for a solid, quiet drama won't be disappointed.