
One Wonderful Sunday (Postwar Kurosawa 2)
- Starring: Isao Numasaki, CHieko Nakakita
Grade: A
One Wonderful Sunday is a contemporary Kurosawa film set against postwar Japan as it was under allied occupation. It follows a young couple having a date on a tight budget of 35 yen between the two of them. Prior to the war, Yuzo (Isao Numasaki) and Masako (Chieko Nakakita) dreamed of opening their own café with affordable drinks and pastries. However, the war changed things.
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