The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
Tea Over Rice or The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice , Ochazuke no aji? is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Yasujir Ozu about a wealthy middleaged couple played by Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure who have marital difficulties, and their niece who uses the couples troubles as her excuse for not attending arranged marriage interviews.
Taekos friend Aya Chikage Awashima gets Taeko to lie to her husband that her niece, Setsuko Keiko Tsushima, is ill to go to a spa with a couple of friends. The plan goes wrong when Setsuko visits her house unexpectedly, but Taeko substitutes the invalid with another friend and obtains consent from her husband to go for a break.Setsuko has to go for a matchmaking session although she is unwilling to do so. Seeing that Mokichi and Taeko are not happy after their arranged marriage, she is determined to find her own spouse. Mokichis family tasks Taeko to act as matchmaker for Setsuko at a kabuki theater, but Setsuko runs off midway and goes to see her uncle, who brings her back to the theater and leaves, after which she runs off again. She joins Mokichi at a pachinko parlor with his younger friend Noboru Koji Tsuruta. Mokichi asks Noboru to bring Setsuko back home as he heads home. ........
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