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One Wonderful Sunday

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Original title

Subarashiki nichiyôbi

Year

1947

Running time

108 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Screenwriter

Akira Kurosawa, Keinosuke Uegusa

Cast

Music

Tadashi Hattori

Cinematography

Asakazu Nakai (B&W)

Producer

Toho

Genre

Drama. Romance | Poverty. Romantic Drama

Synopsis

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.

Critics' reviews

"Though 'One Wonderful Sunday' looks simple, it's a carefully composed, elegant, sometimes prescient work, a small-scale love story set against a background of tumultuous social and political change".

Vincent Canby: The New York Times

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One Wonderful Sunday

1947

Akira Kurosawa

6.8

(549)