One Wonderful Sunday

One Wonderful Sunday
Directed by	Akira Kurosawa
Produced by	Sojiro Motoki
Written by	Akira Kurosawa Keinosuke Uegusa
Starring	Isao Numasaki Chieko Nakakita
Music by	Tadashi Hattori
Distributed by	Toho
Release date(s)	25 June 1947
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

One Wonderful Sunday (素晴らしき日曜日, Subarashiki Nichiyōbi^?) is a 1947 Japanese film co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is in black-and-white and runs 108 minutes.

Yuzo and his fiancée, Masako, spend a Sunday together in Tokyo. Between them they have 35 yen and are determined to make it last. The film was made during the Occupation and shows some of the challenges facing post-war Tokyo. It is notable in the Kurosawa canon because Masako breaks the fourth wall near the end of the film.

Cast

• Chieko Nakakita as Masako
• Isao Numasaki as Yuzo
• Midori Ariyama as Sono, Yamiya's mistress
• Masau Smikizu as the Dance Hall Manager
• Ichiro Sugai as Yamiya, the black-marketeer

Awards

• Mainichi Film Concours - "Best Director" and "Best Screenplay", 1948.

External links

• One Wonderful Sunday at the Internet Movie Database
• One Wonderful Sunday at Allmovie
• One Wonderful Sunday at Rotten Tomatoes
• One Wonderful Sunday (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
• One Wonderful Sunday review by Rita Kempley, Washington Post Staff Writer, 5 September 1986.