Marriageable Age (1961)
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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