Repast (film)
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Japanese theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Mikio Naruse |
| Produced by | Sanezumi Fujimoto |
| Written by | Yasunari Kawabata Toshirō Ide Sumie Tanaka Fumiko Hayashi (novel) |
| Starring | Setsuko Hara Ken Uehara Yukiko Shimazaki |
| Music by | Fumio Hayasaka |
| Cinematography | Masao Tamai |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Release dates
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November 23, 1951 |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Repast (めし Meshi?) is a 1951 film by Mikio Naruse, starring Setsuko Hara. It is set in postwar Osaka and it is about a woman who has moved from Tokyo (her father is a well-known professor) to settle down with her husband. Her salaryman husband ignores her. She is slowly being worn down by domestic drudgery. Matters come to a head when her pretty niece comes to stay and the husband begins to flirt with her. "Naruse shows brilliantly how the husband and wife cling to respectability by a thread."[1] Dissatisfied with his efforts to improve their household life, she returns to Tokyo for a time.
Repast is the first of Naruse's adaptations from the novels by Fumiko Hayashi, a writer who specialised in stories of the downtrodden. "I am moved by the sadness to be found in the simple lives of people...", a quotation included at the beginning of the film, expresses the writer's preoccupations.
Cast
- Ken Uehara - Hatsunosuke Okamoto
- Setsuko Hara - Michiyo Okamoto
- Yukiko Shimazaki - Satoko Okamoto
- Yoko Sugi - Mitsuko Murata, Michiyo's sister-in-law
- Akiko Kazami - Seiko Tomiyasu
- Haruko Sugimura - Matsu Murata, Michiyo's mother
- Ranko Hanai - Koyoshi Dohya
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi - Kazuo Takenaka
- Keiju Kobayashi - Shinzo Murata, Michiyo's brother
- Akira Oizumi
- Ichiro Shimizu
- Haruo Tanaka
- So Yamamura
Awards and nominations
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Actress - Setsuko Hara
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Haruko Sugimura
- Won: Best Screenplay - Sumie Tanaka
References
- ↑ Geoffrey Macnab "Director Mikio Naruse: An overlooked master", The Independent, 29 June 2007
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- Meshi at AllMovie
- (Japanese) Repast at the Japanese Movie Database
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