The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

115 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1952

Takeo, a capricious wife from Tokyo high society, is bored by her dull husband, a quiet and reliable company executive raised in the country. After a crisis, she understands better his true value. A parallel sub-plot shows her niece rebelling against the tradition of arranged marriages.

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

115 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1952

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Takeo, a capricious wife from Tokyo high society, is bored by her dull husband, a quiet and reliable company executive raised in the country. After a crisis, she understands better his true value. A parallel sub-plot shows her niece rebelling against the tradition of arranged marriages.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title お茶漬けの味
Directors Yasujirō Ozu, Shôhei Imamura
Writers Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu

Cast

Shin Saburi

as Mokichi Satake

Michiyo Kogure

as Taeko Satake

Koji Tsuruta

as Noboru Okada

Chikage Awashima

as Aya Amamiya

Keiko Tsushima

as Setsuko Yamauchi

Eijirō Yanagi

as Yamauchi

Kuniko Miyake

as Chizu Yamauchi

Kôji Shitara

as Koji Yamauchi

Chishū Ryū

as Sadao Hirayama

Yūko Mochizuki

as Shige

Hisao Toake

as Toichiro Amamiya

Yōko Kozono

as Fumi

Matsuko Shiga

as Toichiro's mistress

Mie Kitahara

as Waitress

Etsuko Miyama

as Echo Bar Girl

Tami Yamamoto

as Yone

Jun Tanizaki

as Old man

Tomoka Hasebe

as Setsuko's marriage prospect

Toshinosuke Nagao

as President's secretary