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Wife! Be Like a Rose!

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A young woman in Tokyo has to find her absent father to get permission to marry.

Critics Reviews

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Hobe Morrison Variety 04/22/2020
Simple story is ingeniously told. Has honest human values and is completely without hokum. Go to Full Review Dave Kehr Chicago Reader 04/22/2020
The complicated, innovative style poses metaphysical questions to match the moral issue -- Naruse's highly angled compositions and oddly accented editing constantly undermine his characters' place in the world. Go to Full Review Frank S. Nugent New York Times 06/24/2006
It has a distressing habit of stumbling over the threshold of each new scene; its fadeouts and dissolves are awkwardly amateur. Yet it has a certain sturdy honesty in the resolution of its problem and the performances are expert. Go to Full Review James T. Hamada The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu) 04/22/2020
Miss Chiba, Okawa and Miss Hanabusa turn in performances that are among the finest seen on the Japanese talking screen. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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william d @acsdoug 07/14/2021 Poignant and moving, an excellent family drama. See more 11/19/2010 I LOVED, LOVED LOVED this movie! The daughter was so spunky and I knew it from the opening moment where she tips her hat, adjusts her handkerchief and points to the boy! EXCELLENT! AWESOME! I LOVE HER! Her chemistry with the guy she loves (who I liked too) and the mother was great! She was just so nice and fun and loveable! The whole cast worked so well. And modern! It was perfect! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Mikio Naruse

Director

Sachiko Chiba

Kimiko Yamamoto

Yuriko Hanabusa

Oyuki

Toshiko Itô

Etsuko

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman in Tokyo has to find her absent father to get permission to marry.
Director
Mikio Naruse
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 12, 1937, Original
Runtime
1h 14m