- Equinox Flower
Infobox Film
name = Higanbana
caption = Criterion Collection DVD cover
director =Yasujiro Ozu
producer =
writer =Kôgo Noda ,Yasujiro Ozu , Ton Satomi (novel)
starring =Shin Saburi ,Kinuyo Tanaka ,Ineko Arima ,Yoshiko Kuga
music =Kojun Saitô
cinematography =Yuuharu Atsuta
editing =Yoshiyasu Hamamura
distributor =Shochiku
released =1958
runtime = 118 min.
country =Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:15942
imdb_id = 0051720nihongo|"Equinox Flower"|彼岸花|Higanbana" (
1958 ) wasYasujiro Ozu 's first film in color. (Japan's first color film, Keisuke Kinoshita's Carmen Comes Home, had been released in 1951.) The film is based on a novel by Ton Satomi. The movie's titular flower is a Lycoris.Wataru Hirayama is a wealthy businessman who acts as a go-between for couples seeking arranged marriage, but is both unprepared and unhappy when his daughter decides to make wedding plans on her own.
Cast
Shin Saburi ... Wataru HirayamaKinuyo Tanaka ... Kiyoko Hirayama
Ineko Arima ... Setsuko Hirayama
Miyuki Kuwano ... Hisako HirayamaYoshiko Kuga ... Fumiko MikamiChishu Ryu ... Shukichi Mikami
Fujiko Yamamoto ... Yukiko SasakiExternal links
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/equinox_flower/ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews]
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