- Repast (film)
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Meshi
Japanese theatrical release posterDirected by Mikio Naruse Written by Yasunari Kawabata
Toshirō Ide
Sumie Tanaka
Fumiko Hayashi (novel)Starring Setsuko Hara
Ken Uehara
Yukiko ShimazakiMusic by Fumio Hayasaka Cinematography Masao Tamai Distributed by Toho Release date(s) November 23, 1951 Running time 97 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese Repast (めし Meshi ) is a 1951 film by Mikio Naruse, starring Setsuko Hara. It is set in postwar Osaka and it is about a woman who has moved from Tokyo (her father is a well-known professor) to settle down with her husband. Her salaryman husband ignores her. She is slowly being worn down by domestic drudgery. Matters come to a head when her pretty niece comes to stay and the husband begins to flirt with her. ' Naruse shows brilliantly how the husband and wife cling to respectability by a thread.'[1] Dissatisfied with his efforts to improve their household life, she returns to Tokyo for a time.
Repast is the first of Naruse's adaptations from the novels by Fumiko Hayashi, a writer who specialised in stories of the downtrodden. "I am moved by the sadness to be found in the simple lives of people..", a quotation included at the beginning of the film, expresses the writer's preoccupations.
Awards and nominations
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Actress - Setsuko Hara
- Won: Best Supproting Actress - Haruko Sugimura
- Won: Best Screenplay - Sumie Tanaka
External links
- Repast at the Internet Movie Database
- Meshi at AllRovi
- (Japanese) Repast at the Japanese Movie Database
References
- ^ Geoffrey Macnab "Director Mikio Naruse: An overlooked master", The Independent, 29 June 2007
- ^ "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1951/. Retrieved 2010-1-17.
Films directed by Mikio Naruse Love Is Strength (1930) · Hideko the Bus-Conductor (1941) · Ginza Cosmetics (1951) · Repast (1951) · Mother (1951) · Lightning (1952) · Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) · Sound of the Mountain (1954) · Late Chrysanthemums (1954) · Floating Clouds (1955) · Sudden Rain (1956) · A Wife's Heart (1956) · Flowing (1956) · Aruse (1957) · When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) · Autumn Has Already Started (1960) · A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) · Yearning (1964)
Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film Until We Meet Again (1950) · Repast (1951) · Lightning (1952) · An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) · Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) · Floating Clouds (1955) · Mahiru no ankoku (1956) · The Rice People (1957) · The Hidden Fortress (1958) · Kiku to Isamu (1959) · Her Brother (1960) · Pigs and Battleships (1961) · Foundry Town (1962) · The Insect Woman (1963) · Woman in the Dunes (1964) · Red Beard (1965) · Shiroi Kyotō (1966) · The Fossil (1974) · Lullaby of the Earth (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · Third Base (1978) · Vengeance Is Mine (1979) · Kagemusha (1980) · Muddy River (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · Tokyo Trial (1983) · MacArthur's Children (1984) · Ran (1985) · House of Wedlock (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · The Silk Road (1988) · Dotsuitarunen (1989) · Childhood Days (1990) · A Scene at the Sea (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · Like a Rolling Stone (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Boys Be Ambitious (1996) · Bounce Ko Gals (1997) · Hana-bi (1998) · Taboo (1999) · Battle Royale (2000) · Spirited Away (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) · Nobody Knows (2004) · Break Through! (2005) · Hula Girls (2006) · Kisaragi (2007) · Climber's High (2008) · Mt. Tsurugidake (2009) · Confessions (2010)
Mainichi Film Award for Best Film 1946–1959 Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) · Ima Hitotabi no (1947) · Drunken Angel (1948) · Late Spring (1949) · Until We Meet Again (1950) · Repast (1951) · Ikiru (1952) · An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) · Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) · Floating Clouds (1955) · Mahiru no ankoku (1956) · The Rice People (1957) · The Ballad of Narayama (1958) ·
Kiku to Isamu (1959)1960–1979 Her Brother (1960) · A Soldier's Prayer (1961) · Harakiri (1962) · High and Low (1963) · Woman in the Dunes (1964) · Red Beard (1965) · Shiroi Kyotō (1966) · Samurai Rebellion (1967) · The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) · Double Suicide (1969) · Kazoku (1970) · Silence (1971) · Shinobu Kawa (1972) · Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) · Castle of Sand (1974) · The Fossil (1975) · Fumō Chitai (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · The Incident (1978) ·
Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979)1980–2009 Kagemusha (1980) · Muddy River (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) · W's Tragedy (1984) · Ran (1985) · The Sea and Poison (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · Black Rain (1989) · Childhood Days (1990) · My Sons (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · A Dedicated Life (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Shall We Dance? (1996) · Princess Mononoke (1997) · Begging for Love (1998) · Poppoya (1999) · Face (2000) · Spirited Away (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) · Blood and Bones (2004) · Break Through! (2005) · Sway (2006) · I Just Didn't Do It (2007) · Departures (2008) · Shizumanu Taiyō (2009) · Villain (2010)
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