Why She Won't Marry

1990 1h 35m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

RomanceDrama

Synopsis

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A single mother uses marriage as a business, a way to make money and put food on the table. She regularly patronizes a bar, where she's friendly with the manager, unaware that not only is the man involved with her daughter but he secretly prefers the mother!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Keiko Kishi
Yuriko Ishida
Toshiya Fujita
Isako Washio
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Yasufumi Hayashi
Tomoko Nakajima
Hikari Ishida

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writers: Rio Kishida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, shot by Yoshitaka Sakamoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Keiko Kishi and Yuriko Ishida and Toshiya Fujita carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0349674 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Nobuhiko Obayashi directs. Yoshitaka Sakamoto behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, shot by Yoshitaka Sakamoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Keiko Kishi and Yuriko Ishida and Toshiya Fujita carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0349674 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.