is a 1995

1995 in film

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 Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese film directed by Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindo

, Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His best known films include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.Shindō has often made films dealing with Hiroshima or the atomic bomb...

. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

Synopsis

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past.

Cast

• Haruko Sugimura
  Haruko Sugimura
  was a Japanese stage and film actress, best known for her appearances in the movies of Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse from the late 1940s to the early 1960s...
  
  : Yoko Morimoto
• Nobuko Otowa
  Nobuko Otowa
  Nobuko Otowa was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She was married to film director Kaneto Shindō...
  
  : Toyoko Yanagawa
• Hideo Kanze
  Hideo Kanze
  was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama.He was the second son of Tetsunojo Kanze VII, a descendent of Kan'ami and Zeami Motokiyo, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made...
  
  : Fujihachiro Ushiguni
• Kyoko Asagiri: Tomie Ushiguni
• Toshiyuki Nagashima: Police
• Mitsuko Baisho: Naoko Yazawa
• Yutaka Matsushige
  Yutaka Matsushige
  is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Dear Doctor.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
  : Daigoro
• Tomomi Seo: Akemi
• Katsumi Kiba: Prisoner
• Kōichi Ueda: Chief Police
• Masahiko Tsugawa
  Masahiko Tsugawa
  , born Masahiko Kato on January 2, 1940 in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese actor and director.He made his debut at the age of 16 in the Kō Nakahira film Crazed Fruit in 1956. Tsugawa's family was heavily involved in the film industry since before his birth...
  
  : Saburo Morimoto
• Masaaki Uchino: Koji Kiyokawa

Reception

The film won the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress at the 1996 Japan Academy Prize. It was also nominated for Best Editing. It also won the award for Best Film at the 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards

Blue Ribbon Awards

The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers...

, the 1995 Hochi Film Award

Hochi Film Award

The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Hochi Shimbun.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best International Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*Best New Artist*Special Award*Best Director- Winner :...

 for Best Film, and the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the 1996 Kinema Junpo Awards.

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