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Meshi
1951, Film, 97 min, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 70
In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Cast
- Ken Uehara as Hatsunosuke Okamoto
- Setsuko Hara as Michiyo Okamoto
- Yukiko Shimazaki as Satoko Okamoto
- Yôko Sugi as Mitsuko Murata, Michiyo's sister-in-law
- Akiko Kazami as Seiko Tomiyasu
- Haruko Sugimura as Matsu Murata, Michiyo's mother
- Ranko Hanai as Koyoshi Dohya
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Kazuo Takenaka
- Keiju Kobayashi as Shinzo Murata, Michiyo's brother
- Akira Ôizumi
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