Repast
7.6
In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.
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Cast
22 people
Ken Uehara
Hatsunosuke Okamoto
Known for
Mothra
Sound of the Mountain
Setsuko Hara
Michiyo Okamoto
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Yukiko Shimazaki
Satoko Okamoto
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yōko Sugi
Mitsuko Murata
Known for
Sound of the Mountain
Akiko Kazami
Seiko Tomiyasu
Known for
A Fugitive from the Past
Haruko Sugimura
Matsu Murata
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Ranko Hanai
Koyoshi Dohya
Known for
Sanshiro Sugata
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kazuo Takenaka
Known for
Early Summer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Keiju Kobayashi
Shinzo Murata
Known for
The Return of Godzilla
Sanjuro
So Yamamura
Known for
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tokyo Story
Akira Ōizumi
Yoshitaro
Known for
The Life of Oharu
Good Morning
Ichirō Shimizu
Known for
Late Spring
Scandal
Mikio Naruse Director · Toshiro Ide Screenplay Sumie Tanaka Screenplay
First release November 23, 1951 · Produced in Japan · Original title めし
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
めし
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 23, 1951
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 17, 1993 · Theatrical
September 10, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
Russia
May 5, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Mikio Naruse (Moscow)
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