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Subarashiki Nichiyobi (One Wonderful Sunday) (1947)

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Akira Kurosawa directs this romantic comedy about a pair of lovers struggling to have a pleasant Sunday outing. A young laborer named Yuzo (Isao Numazaki) and his fianc�e, Masako (Chieko Nakakita), meet at the train station on their day off. With the weather beautiful and only a scant 35 yen in their pockets, the two first visit a model house, where Masako imagines being a housewife. Then Yuzo plays baseball with some boys, resulting in the ball landing on a cookie shop display. After buying the

Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Akira Kurosawa

In Theaters: Jun 25, 1947 Wide

On DVD: Feb 23, 1999

Cast

Midori Ariyama
Sono Yamiya's mistress
Chieko Nakakita
Masako
Isao Numasaki
Yuzo
Masao Shimizu
Bar owner
Ichiro Sugai
Yamiya the black market...

Critic Reviews for Subarashiki Nichiyobi (One Wonderful Sunday)

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It's a carefully composed, elegant, sometimes prescient work, a small-scale love story set against a background of tumultuous social and political change.

December 6, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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It's like looking for footprints, tracking the master this apprentice was to become.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

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It's a 'little people' comedy in the Frank Capra vein

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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A curious mixture of the striking and the woeful

March 14, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

microcosm of the Japanese post-war experience

January 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

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John A. Nesbit

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The filmmaker at his maudlin worst.

February 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Two young lovers go wandering around town on one wonderful Sunday, but the movie is more serious as it sounds as they think about their futures. I really enjoyed this movie.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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a charming and severely underrated kurosawa film. a delightful romance, an easy atmosphere, and the symphony scene at the end was majestic. a bit slow mooving at points, but only because the film seeks to be genuine, and in my mind kurosawa accomplishes his purposes.

May 25, 2008