Equinox Flower (1958 Film)
Equinox Flower, known in Japanese as Higanbana (彼岸花), is a 1958 Japanese feature film directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Released on September 7, 1958, the film has a runtime of 85 minutes and was produced in Japan in the Japanese language.
Production Details
The film was directed by Yasujiro Ozu. The screenplay was co-written by Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu, drawing upon a novel by Ton Santoni.
Plot
During a wedding reception for an old friend's daughter, Wataru Hirayama congratulates the younger generation on their freedom to choose romantic partners. Later, during post-wedding drinks, he agrees to let his friends arrange a match for his own daughter, Setsuko. Although Hirayama assists two young women defying parental arranged marriage plans, he reacts with fury when Setsuko's boyfriend approaches him directly to ask for her hand in marriage, initially refusing to attend the ceremony. While staying at an inn in Kyoto, the inn owner's daughter persuades him to board a train and reconcile with Setsuko at her new home in Okayama.
Cast
- Shin Saburi as Wataru Hirayama
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Kiyoko Hirayama
- Ineko Arima as Setsuko Hirayama
- Yoshiko Kuga as Fumiko Mikami
- Keiji Sada as Masahiko Taniguchi
- Teiji Takahashi as Shotaru Kondo
- Miyuki Kuwano as Hisako Hirayama
- Chishu Ryu as Shukichi Mikami
- Chieko Naniwa as Hatsu Sasaki
- Ryuji Kita as Heinosuke Horie
- Nobuo Nakamura as Toshihiko Kawai
- Mutsuko Sakura as Akemi
- Toyoko Takahashi as Wakamatsu's owner
- Fumio Watanabe as Ichiro Nagamura
- Fujiko Yamamoto