Home Sweet Home (1951 film)
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- Takao Yanai
- (screenplay)
- Sumie Tanaka
- (screenplay)
- Sumie Tanaka
- (original story)
| Home Sweet Home | |
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| 我が家は楽し | |
| Directed by | Noboru Nakamura |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Takashi Koide |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Yūharu Atsuta |
| Music by | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date | |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Home Sweet Home (Japanese: 我が家は楽し, Hepburn: Wagaya wa tanoshi) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura, starring Chishū Ryū, Isuzu Yamada and Hideko Takamine.[1][2]
The Uemura family, parents and four children, live in a cramped rented flat and are constantly facing financial difficulties. Still, father Kosaku and mother Namiko try to support their children and help fulfill their dreams wherever they can: Tomoko, the eldest daughter, with her ambition to become a painter, Nobuko, the second daughter, with her singing in a choir. When Tomoko's work is rejected, her boyfriend Saburo dies, and the house the Uemuras live in is sold by the landlord, the family's happiness is at stake, but after one of Tomoko's paintings is sold and another accepted into an exhibition, the harmony is reinstated again.
Cast
- Chishū Ryū as Kosaku Uemura
- Isuzu Yamada as Namiko Uemura
- Hideko Takamine as Tomoko Uemura
- Keiko Kishi as Nobuko Uemura
- Keiji Sada as Saburo Uchida
Background
Nakamura, who had given his directorial debut in 1941, received artistic recognition with this film,[3][4] which was also the debut of actress Keiko Kishi.[5]
Awards
- 1951 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor (Chishū Ryū), Best Screenplay (Sumie Tanaka) and Best Cinematography (Yūharu Atsuta).[6]