One Wonderful Sunday
1947 · Movie · 108 min · ★ 7.2 · 83% critics
On a single Sunday in postwar Tokyo, a cash-strapped young couple tries to make a tiny amount of money cover housing plans, small treats, and time together. As they wander through damaged neighborhoods and modest pleasures, the day becomes a tender test of love, resilience, and hope.
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Details
- Original title
- 素晴らしき日曜日
- Years
- 1947
- Release date
- 1947-07-01
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (92 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy gentle, bittersweet romances set against everyday hardship, especially if Floating Clouds or Early Spring worked for you; Not for you if you want a fast-moving plot or lots of big dramatic turns.
Pros: tender romantic mood; vivid postwar setting; heartfelt lead chemistry | Cons: very slow pace; thin storyline; uneven engagement
Themes
- breaking the fourth wall
- tokyo, japan
- poverty
- fiancé fiancée relationship
- post war japan
- occupation
Cast & crew
Isao Numasaki
as Yuzo
Chieko Nakakita
as Masako
Atsushi Watanabe
as Yamamoto
Zeko Nakamura
as Dessert Shop Owner
- TU
Toppa Utsumi
as Street Photographer
- IN
Ichiro Namiki
as Street Photographer
Ichirō Sugai
as Black-marketeer
Masao Shimizu
as Dance Hall Manager
Tokuji Kobayashi
as Overweight apartment receptionist
- SM
Shiro Mizutani
as Waif
Directed by Akira Kurosawa