Repast
1951 · Movie · 97 min · ★ 7.5 · 82% critics
Set in postwar Osaka, this domestic drama follows a housewife who feels trapped by the endless routine of cooking, cleaning, and financial strain in an unhappy marriage. When family tensions rise, she begins to question what marriage should mean and whether a different life is possible.
Also known as A Married Life
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Details
- Original title
- めし
- Years
- 1951
- Release date
- 1951-11-23
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (49 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy quiet, thoughtful relationship dramas like Sound of the Mountain or The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice; Not for you if you want fast pacing, big plot turns, or clear-cut uplift.
Pros: sensitive character study; moving emotional honesty; strong central performance | Cons: very slow pacing; thin overall plot; dated gender politics
Themes
- based on novel or book
- marriage
- osaka, japan
- meal
- unhappiness
- post war japan
- bored housewife
Cast & crew
Ken Uehara
as Hatsunosuke Okamoto
Setsuko Hara
as Michiyo Okamoto
Yukiko Shimazaki
as Satoko Okamoto
Yōko Sugi
as Mitsuko Murata
Akiko Kazami
as Seiko Tomiyasu
Haruko Sugimura
as Matsu Murata
Ranko Hanai
as Koyoshi Dohya
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Kazuo Takenaka
Keiju Kobayashi
as Shinzo Murata
So Yamamura
Directed by Mikio Naruse