Marital Relations

Marital Relations

121 mins | Drama | Sept. 13, 1955

The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for best director, best actor (Morishige) and best actress (Awashima), and the Mainichi Concours award for best actor and best screenplay (Yasumi Toshio). It ranked second (after Naruse Mikio’s Ukigumo) on the Kinema Junpō top ten films for the year.

Marital Relations

121 mins | Drama | Sept. 13, 1955

Marital Relations
The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for best director, best actor (Morishige) and best actress (Awashima), and the Mainichi Concours award for best actor and best screenplay (Yasumi Toshio). It ranked second (after Naruse Mikio’s Ukigumo) on the Kinema Junpō top ten films for the year.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 夫婦善哉
Directors Shirō Toyoda
Writers Sakunosuke Oda, Toshio Yasumi

Cast

Hisaya Morishige

as Ryukichi

Chikage Awashima

as Choko