The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952•1h 56m•7.5/10

Drama

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7.5/10(98)

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi

Mokichi Satake

Michiyo Kogure

Michiyo Kogure

Taeko Satake

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Noboru Okada

Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

Aya Amamiya

Keiko Tsushima

Keiko Tsushima

Setsuko Yamauchi

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Yamauchi

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Chizu Yamauchi

Kōji Shitara

Kōji Shitara

Koji Yamauchi

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Sadao Hirayama

Yūko Mochizuki

Yūko Mochizuki

Shige

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Toichiro Amamiya

Yōko Kozono

Fumi

Matsuko Shiga

Toichiro's Mistress

Mie Kitahara

Mie Kitahara

Waitress

Etsuko Miyama

Echo Bar Girl

Tami Yamamoto

Yone

Jun Tanizaki

Old Man

Tomoka Hasebe

Tomoka Hasebe

Setsuko's Marriage Prospect

Toshinosuke Nagao

President's Secretary

Yoko Kozakura

Yoko Kozakura

Takako Kuroda

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