THE MOON HAS RISEN

TSUKI WA NOBORINU

By Kinuyo TANAKA

CARLOTTA FILMS - as DISTR Theatrical, FRANCE

Drama - Completed 1955


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2021
Cannes Classics
    • Year of production
    • 1955
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 102 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kinuyo TANAKA
    • Writer(s)
    • Ryosuke SAITO, Yasujiro OZU
    • Producer(s)
    • Nikkatsu CORPORATION (NIKKATSU CORPORATION)
    • Synopsis
    • Mr. Asai left Tokyo during World War II, and now resides in Nara. He is a widower who lives with his three daughters: Chizuru, the eldest, who has returned home after her husband’s death; Ayako, who is of marriageable age but shows little interest in leaving home; and Setsuko, the youngest and most tomboyish of the three sisters. The latter is platonically close with Shoji, the out-of-work younger brother of Chizuru’s late husband, who lodges at a temple near the Asai’s home. One day, Shoji’s old friend Amamiya drops by while on a business trip. When Setsuko finds out that he remembers Ayako well from their youth, she joins forces with Shoji in a sneaky bid to reconnect the two…