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Equinox Flower (彼岸花, Higanbana) is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu which is based on a novel by Ton Satomi . Plot. Wataru Hirayama ( Shin Saburi) is a wealthy Tokyo businessman.
Equinox Flower: Directed by Yasujirô Ozu. With Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga. A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.
- (4.9K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Yasujirô Ozu
- 1977-06
Equinox Flower. Later in his career, Ozu started becoming increasingly sympathetic with the younger generation, a shift that was cemented in Equinox Flower, his gorgeously detailed first color film, about an old-fashioned father and his newfangled daughter. Film Info. $55.96. Watch Now On. Cast. Shin Saburi. Wataru Hirayama. Ineko Arima.
- Wataru Hirayama
Cast & crew. User reviews. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Plot. Equinox Flower. Summaries. A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband. A business man is often approached by friends for advice and help regarding marriage as well as family and romantic relationships.
Jan 21, 1994 · Overview. Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
A Tokyo businessman, Waturu Hirayama, is continually approached by friends for advice, friends who have become powerless as parents and are struggling to impose their will on their daughters. Hirayama's apparent disappointment and resignation regarding his own arranged marriage informs his advice throughout.
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Equinox Flower—a particularly inscrutable title even for this great Japanese director—is one of Ozu's least dark comedies, which is not to say that it's carefree, but, rather, that it's gentle and amused in the way that it acknowledges time's passage, the changing of values and the adjustments that must be made between generations.
