Eclipse Series 7: POSTWAR KUROSAWA: KUROSAWA, Akira: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

KUROSAWA, Akira (Japan)
One Wonderful Sunday [1947]
Eclipse Series 7
DVD


This affectionate paean to young love is also a frank examination by Akira Kurosawa of the harsh realities of postwar Japan. During a Sunday trip into war-ravaged Tokyo, Yuzo and Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time. Reminiscent of Frank Capra's social-realist comedies and echoing contemporaneous Italian neorealism, One Wonderful Sunday touchingly offers a sliver of hope in dark times.

109 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
in Japanese
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2010
Director/Writer


Akira Kurosawa was 37 when he directed One Wonderful Sunday.


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