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The Ball at the Anjo House

The Ball at the Anjo House

Original title
Anjô-ke no Butôkai
Year
1947
Gender
Drama
Director
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Country
Japan
Details
89 minutes / black & white / sound

After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the house before leaving. The seemingly cold, cynical son secretly grieves for his defeated father and the values that the war destroyed, while the daughter tries to prevent father from taking his life and to find her own place in the new Japan.

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