BANSHUN
A widowed professor lives with his doting and dutiful daughter. He worries that she will never marry and move on, so pretends that he is himself considering a new marriage in order to prompt her to take seriously the suitors he introduces her to.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Professor Shukichi Somiya Chishu Ryu
- Noriko, Somiya's daughter Setsuko Hara
- Aya Kitagawa Yumeji Tsukioka
- Masa Taguchi, Noriko's aunt Haruko Sugimura
- Katsuyochi Taguchi Hohi Aoki
- Shoichi Hattori, Somiya's assistant Junya Usami
- Akiko Miwa Kuniko Miyake
- Yuzuru Onodera Masao Mishima
- Kiku, Onodera's wife Yoshiko Tsubouchi
- Misako, Onodera's daughter Yoko Katsuragi
- owner of Takigawa restaurant Ichiro Shimizu
- Seizo Hayashi Jun Tanizaki
- Shige Hayashi Toyo Takahashi
- tea ceremony instructor Yoko Benisawa
Credits
Direction
- Director Yasujiro Ozu
- Assistant Director Kozo Yamamoto
- Assistant Director Tsukamoto Shokichi
- Assistant Director Kozo Tashiro
- Assistant Director Buichi Saito
Production
- © Shochiku Co. Ltd.
- Production Company Shochiku Co. Ltd.
- Producer Takeshi Yamamoto
- Studio Shochiku Ofuna
Writing
- Screenplay Kogo Noda
- Screenplay Yasujiro Ozu
- Based on the novel 'Chichi to Musume' by Kazuo Hirotsu
Photography
- Director of Photography Yuharu Atsuta
- Lighting Haruo Isono
- Camera Assistant Seiji Inoue
- Camera Assistant Takashi Kawamata
- Camera Assistant Motoshige Oikawa
- Camera Assistant Yoshitsugu Tonegawa
- Camera Assistant Takeo Matsuda
Editing
- Editor Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Design
- Art Director Tatsuo Hamada
- Set Designer Kintaro Yamamoto
- Set Decorator Mototane Komaki
Costumes
- Costumes Bunjiro Suzuki
Film processing
- Film Processing by Ryuji Hayashi
Music
- Music Senji Ito
Sound
- Sound Recording Hidekata Sasaki
- Sound Mixing Yoshisaburo Senoo