The Munekata Sisters

The Munekata Sisters
Directed by	Yasujirō Ozu
Produced by	Hiroshi Higo; Eisei Koe; Hideo Koi
Written by	Yasujirō Ozu (screenplay); Kōgo Noda (screenplay); Jirō Osaragi (story)
Starring	Kinuyo Tanaka; Hideko Takamine
Music by	Ichirō Saitō
Cinematography	Jōji Ohara
Distributed by	Shintoho
Release date	1950;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Munekata Sisters (宗方姉妹, Munekata Kyōdai) is a 1950 drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Hideko Takamine.[1][2]

Synopsis

Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She 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 (Setsuko's sister) tries to reunite them. She too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.

References

Thomson, David (2010). The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Completely Updated and Expanded. Knopf. pp. 733, 950. ISBN 9780307594617.
Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 196, 221, 234. ISBN 9780810875418.

External links

The Munekata Sisters at IMDb

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[1] Thomson, David (2010). The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Completely Updated and Expanded. Knopf. pp. 733, 950. ISBN 9780307594617.

[2] Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 196, 221, 234. ISBN 9780810875418.