Subarashiki nichiyobi (1947)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Writers:

Akira Kurosawa (writer)
Keinosuke Uegusa (writer)

Release Date:

June 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen...

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Isao Numasaki	...	Yuzo
Chieko Nakakita	...	Masako
Atsushi Watanabe	...	Yamamoto
Zeko Nakamura	...	Dessert Shop Owner
Ichiro Namiki	...	Street Photographer
Toppa Utsumi	...	Street Photographer
Ichirô Sugai	...	Yamiya, the black-marketeer
Masao Shimizu	...	Dance Hall Manager
Tokuji Kobayashi	...	Overweight apartment receptionist
Shiro Mizutani	...	Waif
Aguri Hidaka	...	Dancer
Midori Ariyama	...	Sono, Yamiya's mistress
Katao Numazaki	...	Bakery Owner
Toshi Mori	...	Apartment Superintendent
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sachio Sakai	...	Shady Ticket Man (uncredited)

Directed by
Akira Kurosawa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Akira Kurosawa		writer
Keinosuke Uegusa		writer

Produced by
Sojiro Motoki	....	producer

Original Music by
Tadashi Hattori

Cinematography by
Asakazu Nakai

Production Design by
Kazuo Kubo

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tsuneo Kobayashi	....	chief assistant director
Zenji Koizumi	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Ichirô Minawa	....	sound effects editor
Shigeharu Yasue	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Kuichiro Kishida	....	lighting technician
Takao Saitô	....	assistant camera
Yoji Takagi	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Zenji Koizumi	....	negative cutter

Other crew
Reiko Kawamura	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Toho Company

Distributors

• Toei Company (1947) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Criterion Collection, The (2008) (USA) (DVD) (as Eclipse from the Criterion Collection)
• FDM (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Toho Studios  sound stages

Also Known As:

One Wonderful Sunday (International: English title)
Wonderful Sunday

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Toho Company

Signs of a budding genius director

ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY (1947) has a simple little plot. A young Tokyo couple have almost no money to spend on their only day available for a date. It isn't long until the money is gone, as well as the young man's spirit. The ending is uncomfortably corny, you will squirm in your seat. There is signs of Akira Kurosawa becoming a great director. He makes us pay attention to the decreasing amount of money (much like he made us pay attention to the number of slain bandits in SEVEN SAMURAI, and his stab at Frank Capra style humor is pretty good. A must see for the student of this great director.