Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower , Higanbana? is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Yasujir Ozu. The film is based on a novel by Ton Satomi. The film won the 1958 Blue Ribbon Award for Fujiko Yamamotos performance as Best Actress.

One day during work, a young man named Masahiko Taniguchi Keiji Sada approaches Hirayama to ask for the hand of his elder daughter, Setsuko Ineko Arima. Hirayama is extremely unhappy that his daughter has made wedding plans on her own. He confronts her at home, during which he blows his top, and rules that she must remain locked at home until she sees the folly of her ways. Hirayama tries to find out more about Taniguchi from his subordinate.Owing to the standoff, his daughters friend Yukiko Fujiko Yamamoto tries a ruse in which she asks Hirayamas opinion concerning a similar situation her mother forcing her to marry someone she didnt like. When Hirayama advises her to ignore her mother, Yukiko reveals it is all a setup and states that Hirayama has just given his consent to Setsukos marriage. ........

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