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Equinox Flower is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu released in USA on 12 june 2013 with Shin Saburi
Equinox Flower (1958)
Higanbana
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Add to a movie listEquinox Flower (彼岸花, Higanbana) is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. The film is based on a novel by Ton Satomi. The film won the 1958 Blue Ribbon Award for Fujiko Yamamoto's performance as Best Actress.
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Wataru Hirayama (Shin Saburi) is a wealthy Tokyo businessman who acts as a go-between for couples seeking marriages. When an old schoolmate Mikami (Chishū Ryū) approaches him for help concerning his daughter Fumiko (Yoshiko Kuga), who has run off owing to a conflict with her father, he agrees. Finding her in a bar where she now works, he listens to her side of the story. Fumiko complains that her father is stubborn, insisting on arranging her marriage, whereas she has now fallen in love with a musician and is adamant to lead life her own way.Actors
Shin Saburi
(Wataru Hirayama)
Kinuyo Tanaka
(Kiyoko Hirayama)
Yoshiko Kuga
(Fumiko Mikami)
Ineko Arima
(Setsuko Hirayama)
Keiji Sada
(Masahiko Taniguchi)
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