A business man is often approached by friends for advice and help regarding marriage as well as family and romantic relationships. He is always very calmly and objectively able to give great insight and assistance to these particular situations. However, when it comes time for him to be objective regarding his oldest daughter, he finds it very difficult...—Karl Engel

Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower (1958)

Family and friends of the late Shuzo Miwa have gathered for his annual memorial service, this one marking the seventh anniversary of his passing. Three of his long time friends - married Shuzo Taguchi, married Soichi Mamiya, and widowed Seiichiro Hirayama - have long known and admitted to each other that they have always been attracted to his widow, Akiko Miwa, who they believe has gotten even more beautiful as she has matured. The three friends take it upon themselves to find a husband for the Miwa's now twenty-four year old daughter, Ayako Miwa, who they believe as beautiful as her mother, and who, as a pure innocent, deserves a good husband. Their self-appointed task is despite them knowing that Ayako does not want them to do so. She doesn't want to get married, at least not yet, as she struggles with her traditional sensibilities in post-war modern Japan. Her first priority as she sees it is to take care of her widowed mother, who would be alone if she were to get married. The differing wants between Akiko, Ayako and the three men are ultimately at odds with each other, and places their relationships on tenterhooks. Ayako's best friend and work colleague Yukiko Sasaki, seeing what is happening, takes it upon herself to ensure that her friend and her friend's mother get what they want from their life following Shuzo's death.—Huggo

Late Autumn

Late Autumn (1960)

This movie takes a look at a Westernized suburban area in Japan in the late '50s. It focuses mainly on the daily lives of a small community and the way its members interact. It also demonstrates the power of oral communication and the way in which small talk acts as a lubricant for our daily lives.—

Good Morning

Good Morning (1959)

Komajuro Arashi, referred to as Master by his colleagues, is the lead actor in a second rate traveling acting troupe in Japan, they performing grand kabuki. The troupe's next stop is a coastal town they haven't performed in in twelve years, that last time before some, such as Komajuro's girlfriend Sumiko, joined the troupe. As usual, some of the men will try to have some fun pursuing some of the local women, sometimes with success, and sometimes not. Komajuro has his own agenda in coming to this town, only something that a few of the older troupe members know, in that he fathered a son here close to twenty years ago, said son, Kiyoshi, who has been told that his biological father died when he was a child and that Komajuro is his mother Oyoshi's brother, hence his uncle. Komajuro has been sending money to Oyoshi all these years, which is allowing Kiyoshi soon to go off to college, hence a better life than Komajuro as an itinerant actor leads. Komajuro wants to spend as much time as possible with Kiyoshi and Oyoshi as possible before the troupe and thus he has to leave again, he needing to sneak off from an unsuspecting Sumiko to do so. But when Sumiko discovers what's going on, Kiyoshi becomes a pawn in the battle between Sumiko and Komajuro.—Huggo

Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds (1959)

In the early 60's in Tokyo, the widower Hirayama is a former captain from the Japanese navy that works as a manager of a factory and lives with his twenty-four year-old daughter Michiko and his son Kazuo in his house. His older son Koichi is married with Akiko that are compulsive consumers and Akiko financially controls their expenses. Hirayama frequently meets his old friends Kawai and Professor Horie, who is married with a younger wife, to drink in a bar. When their school teacher Sakuma comes to a reunion of Hirayama with old school mates, they learn that the old man lives with his daughter that stayed single to take care of him. Michiko lives a happy life with her father and her brother, but Hirayama feels that it is time to let her go and tries to arrange a marriage for her.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Equinox Flower

1958

Action/ Comedy/ Drama

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Duration: 118 min

IMDB Rating: 7.8

Language: ja

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