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1950 Japanese film by Yasujirō Ozu

The Munekata Sisters
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Yasujirō Ozu
Screenplay by	Yasujirō Ozu Kōgo Noda
Based on	Munekata shimai by Jirō Osaragi
Produced by	Hiroshi Higo Hideo Koi
Starring	Kinuyo Tanaka Hideko Takamine Sō Yamamura Ken Uehara
Cinematography	Jōji Ohara
Edited by	Toshio Goto
Music by	Ichirō Saitō
Production company	Shintoho
Distributed by	Shintoho
Release date	8 August 1950 (1950-08-08) (Japan)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Munekata Sisters (宗方姉妹, Munekata shimai) is a 1950 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Hideko Takamine. It is based on a novel by Jirō Osaragi.

Synopsis

Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She supports Mimura and herself by running a bar in Tokyo, where her younger sister Mariko is also working. Setsuko had always been in love with Hiroshi, but both of them failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. Now he is back and Mariko tries to reunite them. Mariko too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka as Setsuko
Hideko Takamine as Mariko
Sō Yamamura as Ryosuke Mimura
Ken Uehara as Hiroshi Tashiro
Sanae Takasugi as Masako
Fujiwara Kamatari

References

^ "宗方姉妹". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ "宗方姉妹". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ Berra, John, ed. (2012). Directory of World Cinema: Japan 2. Intellect. p. 312. ISBN 9781841505510.

External links

The Munekata Sisters at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Silent films	Sword of Penitence (1927) Days of Youth (1929) I Graduated, But... (1929) Walk Cheerfully (1930) I Flunked, But... (1930) That Night's Wife (1930) The Lady and the Beard (1931) Tokyo Chorus (1931) I Was Born, But... (1932) Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932) Until the Day We Meet Again (1932) Woman of Tokyo (1933) Dragnet Girl (1933) Passing Fancy (1933) A Mother Should Be Loved (1934) A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
Sound films	The Only Son (1936) What Did the Lady Forget? (1937) Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941) There Was a Father (1942) Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) A Hen in the Wind (1948) Late Spring (1949) The Munekata Sisters (1950) Early Summer (1951) The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952) Tokyo Story (1953) Early Spring (1956) Tokyo Twilight (1957) Equinox Flower (1958) Good Morning (1959) Floating Weeds (1959) Late Autumn (1960) The End of Summer (1961) An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

Films directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Silent films

Sword of Penitence (1927)
Days of Youth (1929)
I Graduated, But... (1929)
Walk Cheerfully (1930)
I Flunked, But... (1930)
That Night's Wife (1930)
The Lady and the Beard (1931)
Tokyo Chorus (1931)
I Was Born, But... (1932)
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)
Until the Day We Meet Again (1932)
Woman of Tokyo (1933)
Dragnet Girl (1933)
Passing Fancy (1933)
A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
An Inn in Tokyo (1935)

Sound films

The Only Son (1936)
What Did the Lady Forget? (1937)
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
There Was a Father (1942)
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
A Hen in the Wind (1948)
Late Spring (1949)
The Munekata Sisters (1950)
Early Summer (1951)
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Early Spring (1956)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Good Morning (1959)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Late Autumn (1960)
The End of Summer (1961)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

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