Marriageable Age (1961)

7.0/10 97 min Comedy Drama

Overview

The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while living under their traditional father’s roof. As they balance their personal desires against the family's obsession with status, their search for "marriageable age" stability is complicated by secret affairs and the cold reality of arranged matches. They must ultimately decide whether to conform to the rigid expectations of their upper-class upbringing or break away to pursue their own independence.

Cast

Machiko Kyō

Eiji Funakoshi

Ayako Wakao

Hitomi Nozoe

Mieko Takamine

Tanie Kitabayashi

Akihiko Katayama

Hiromi Ichida

Shizuo Chūjō

Keiko Yumi

Yuko Miki

Murasaki Fujima

Mayumi Kurata

Tamae Kiyokawa

Saburo Sakai

Kiyoko Hirai

Shō Natsuki

Yūzō Hayakawa

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