The Ball at the Anjo House

Name: The Ball at the Anjo House
Genre: Drama
Rating: 88
Cast: Osamu Takizawa, Masayuki Mori, Setsuko Hara, Yumeko Aizome, Shinichi Himori

Play trailer

1947

1h 29m

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

Tomatometer

1 Reviews

88%

Popcornmeter

100+ Ratings

After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy Anjo family has to give up its way of life. The son grieves for his defeated father, and the daughter tries to keep her father from taking his life while she finds her own place in a new Japan.

Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

It has a solid emotional core and is both directed and performed with great integrity.

Rated: 8/10

Jun 2, 2019

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Member

A post-war Japan film shot with a great heart - beautiful camera works and a family setting worth comparing with Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons". Yoshimura is a director worth rediscovering. Star Yoshimura ??? became Ozu's best cast.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Setsuko Hara's performance is superb.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Kozaburo Yoshimura

Director

Osamu Takizawa

Tadahiko father

Masayuki Mori

Masahiko 1st son

Setsuko Hara

Atsuko 2nd daughter

Yumeko Aizome

Akiko 1st daughter

Shinichi Himori

Takehiko

View more photos

Synopsis

Director: Kozaburo Yoshimura
Producer: Takeshi Ogura
Screenwriter: Kaneto Shindô
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 29m

Email not verified

Let's keep in touch!

Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:

Let's keep in touch!

Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:

The Ball at the Anjo House

Critics Reviews

Audience Reviews

My Rating

Cast & Crew

Photos