“The sadness of the fight is the sadness of love. The joy and decline of life that only couples know”
Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off, or about her cutting out recipes from the newspaper before he finishes reading it. Their animosities are witnessed by Fumiko's niece Ayako, who visits to complain about her own husband's inattentiveness, and their new neighbours, the Imasatos.
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Setsuko Hara
Fumiko Namiki
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Shūji Sano
Ryotaro Namiki
Known for
There Was a Father
A Hen in the Wind
Kyōko Kagawa
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
Known for
High and Low
Sansho the Bailiff
Akemi Negishi
Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
Known for
Anatahan
Sex and Fury
Keiju Kobayashi
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
Known for
The Return of Godzilla
Sanjuro
Chieko Nakakita
Toki Kurobayashi
Known for
Drunken Angel
One Wonderful Sunday
Haruko Tōgō
Rin Amayama
Known for
Ran
I Live in Fear
Teruko Nagaoka
Known for
Tokyo Story
Good Morning
Daisuke Katō
Kawakami
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Hajime Izu
Miwa
Also in
Stray Dog
Android Kikaider
Sachio Sakai
Tada
Known for
Godzilla
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Fuyuki Murakami
Taneda
Known for
Godzilla
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Mikio Naruse Director · Yōko Mizuki Screenplay Kunio Kishida Story
First release January 14, 1956 · Produced in Japan · Original title 驟雨
Production
TOHO
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Japan
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Languages
Original title
驟雨
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 14, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
September 28, 2008 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective "Classics of Japanese cinema" (Moscow)
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