is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

Synopsis

The children of old-fashioned patriarch of a family in Iwate Province gather to observe the first anniversary of their mother's death. Tetsuya, working as a bartender in Tokyo, quarrels with his father over the way he is leading his life.

Cast

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: Akio Asano *

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: Tetsuo * Emi Wakui: Seiko Kawashima *

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: Toshiko * Kazuyo Asari: Ayako * Mieko Harada: Reiko *

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: Jirō Katō * Leonard Kuma * Tatsuo Matsumura: Terao * Ken Nakamoto * Meiko Nakamura *

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* Ichirō Ogura * Mikiko Otonashi * B-saku Satoh * Casey Takamine * Kunie Tanaka * Ryuzo Tanaka: Tadashi

Reception

Awards and nominations

15th Japan Academy Prize *Won: Best Picture *Won: Best Actor -

*Won: Best Supporting Actor -

*Won: Best Supporting Actress - Emi Wakui *Won: Rookie of the Year -

and Emi Wakui *Nominated: Best Director -

Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ('' The Twilight Samurai'', '' The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor''). Biography Yamada was born in Osaka, but due to his father' ...

*Nominated: Best Screenplay -

and Yoshitaka Asama *Nominated: Best Music - Teizo Matsumura *Nominated: Best Cinematography - Tetsuo Takaba *Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Yoshifumi Aoki *Nominated: Best Art Direction - Mitsuo Degawa *Nominated: Best Sound Recording - Isao Suzuki and Ryuji Matsumoto *Nominated: Best Film Editing - Iwao Ishii 16th

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist ...

*Won: Best Film *Won: Best Actor -

References

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* * * * * * 1991 films Films directed by Yoji Yamada Japanese romantic comedy films 1990s Japanese-language films 1991 romantic comedy films Shochiku films Picture of the Year Japan Academy Prize winners Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada 1990s Japanese films Films scored by Teizo Matsumura Films based on Japanese novels {{1990s-Japan-film-stub