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One Wonderful Sunday

One Wonderful Sunday

1947
Romance, Drama
1h 48m
Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen... (imdb)
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One Wonderful Sunday

1947
Romance, Drama
1h 48m
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Rated 05 Jul 2008
75
49th
Strong, if somewhat non-descript early film from Kurosawa. I really appreciated seeing his early command of the camera, and the lighter tone of the film overall places it in a mostly unique position among Kurosawa's work.
Rated 12 Feb 2008
76
76th
I was a little disappointed with the climax, but overall it's very good with some unforgettable moments.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
73rd
Kurosawa is best known for heavy drama and intense action, but One Wonderful Sunday shows that he can pull off charming, too. It does have a dark side, but for the most part it's very light-hearted. It gets a little too hokey at the end, and the breaking of the fourth wall, though unusual and bold, doesn't really work. The Kurosawa touch is there on a technical level, even this early in his career, with some excellent compositions and camera moves.
Rated 31 Jul 2008
3
45th
Inconsistent, but worth it. I appreciate its socioeconomic awareness and resemblance to neorealism (almost but not quite, lots of studio sets and backdrops here). There are several great sequences (the baseball game, the zoo, the cabaret club), and a string of amusing characters. It's also repetitive and maudlin, ultimately falling flat on its face when the denouement awkwardly shatters the fourth wall by asking the audience to actively participate.
Rated 19 Jan 2021
80
99th
Here's a post-war date that sums up the depression period. I definitely loved the first half better than the concluding one. In their sorry state they got in so many amusing situation, it had me laughed out loud, while the second portion dwelt too much in depression and self-pity. No doubt symbolic for so many former soldiers and their lovers at the time. A big sense of hopelessness, and the film mainly focused on that, with a glimmer of hope thrown in from time to time. Saddening and beautiful.
Rated 23 Mar 2010
3
31st
Pure escapism for the disillusioned post-war persons. None too effective or well-executed.
Rated 02 Oct 2013
79
61st
79.000
Rated 09 Apr 2010
75
27th
A film that can't decide whether it wants to be " Bicycle Thieves" or a sentimental Hollywood love story about "little people." The low-life Japanese atmosphere is fine--as it always is in Kurosawa--and the two star are likable, but the pace is slow, and some of the scenes are almost too corny to be endured. Particularly bad is the scene where Masako breaks the 4th wall and appeals directly to the audience--much as Peter Pan does when Tinkerbell is dying and he asks us to believe in fairies.
Rated 09 Jan 2011
79
63rd
78.750
Rated 24 Mar 2010
80
76th
dat ending
Rated 26 Mar 2021
80
68th
Kurosawa's episodic, social realist drama feels influenced by Frank Capra and is remarkably like the Italian neorealist films being made at the same time. It's a bit slight, but engaging and has a really quite remarkable fourth-wall breaking climax.
Rated 21 Jun 2023
79
58th
I adored the message & 2/3 of the execution of this movie. It's post-war Japan through the eyes of a veteran who is shamed because the war was lost. He's disrespected at every turn. It has a terrible impact on his mental health and, by extension, the way he treats his fiancée, Masako. She is a delightful burst of hope & encouragement; "this is the kind of world where you need dreams the most." But she can't help him on her own. The final act is a plea for the audience to help in the real world.

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