Equinox Flower
1958 · Movie · G · 118 min · ★ 7.4 · 86% critics
A family’s calm routine is shaken when a daughter insists on choosing her own partner instead of accepting an arranged match. Her father’s professed openness is put to the test, leading to a warm but tense clash between tradition, pride, and changing social values.
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Details
- Original title
- 彼岸花
- Years
- 1958
- Release date
- 1958-09-07
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (166 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy intimate family dramas about generational change and social expectations, especially if Late Autumn or Early Summer appeal to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or high-stakes conflict.
Pros: family tension; gentle humor; relatable generational conflict | Cons: quiet pace; modest stakes; talky domestic focus
Themes
- daughter
- tradition
- wedding
- father daughter conflict
- shōwa era (1926-89)
Cast & crew
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
Chishū Ryū
as Shukichi Mikami
Chieko Naniwa
as Hatsu Sasaki
Fujiko Yamamoto
as Yukiko Sasaki
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu