One Wonderful Sunday
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| One Wonderful Sunday 素晴らしき日曜日 |
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| 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 | Toei Co. Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 25 June 1947 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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One Wonderful Sunday (素晴らしき日曜日 Subarashiki Nichiyōbi?) is a Japanese film co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1947. This was Kurosawa's seventh film. It is in black-and-white and runs 108 minutes.
Yuzo and his financée, 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 the some of the challenges facing post-war Tokyo. Masako breaks the fourth wall near the end of the film.
[edit] 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
[edit] Awards
- Mainichi Film Concours - "Best Director" and "Best Screenplay," 1948.
[edit] External links
- One Wonderful Sunday at the Internet Movie Database
- One Wonderful Sunday at All Movie Guide
- 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.
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