Higanbana
Subtitle: Equinox flower
By: Shōchiku Eiga ; kyakuhon Noda Kōgo, Ozu Yasujirō ; seisaku Yamauchi Shizuo ; kantoku Ozu Yasujirō = Equinox flower / Shochiku Co., Ltd. ; screenplay, Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu ; producer, Shizuo Yamauchi ; director, Yasujiro Ozu
Contributors: Satomi, Ton, 1888-1983; Atsuta, Yūharu, 1905-1992, director of photography; Saitō, Takanobu, 1924-2004, composer (expression); Saburi, Shin, 1909-1982, actor; Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, actor; Arima, Ineko, actor; Sada, Keiji, 1926-1964, actor; Takahashi, Teiji, 1926-1959, actor; Kuwano, Miyuki, actor; Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993, actor; Naniwa, Chieko, actor; Watanabe, Fumio, 1929-2004, actor; Nakamura, Nobuo, 1908-1991, actor; Yamamoto, Fujiko, 1931- actor; Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: Standard format (1.33:1).
Series: Late Ozu -- ser. 3; Eclipse -- ser. 3; Eclipse, Series 3, Late Ozu; Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm))
Published: 2007
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Drama; Fathers and daughters; Father-daughter relationship; Man-woman relationships; Conflict of generations; Parent and adult child; Film adaptations
Other titles: Equinox flower
Description: In Ozu's first color film, a stubborn businessman with traditional views is faced with a modern-minded daughter and her nontraditional fiance.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.

Based on the novel: Higanbana / by Ton Satomi.

Container liner includes the essay "In full bloom" by film scholar Michael Koresky.

Satsuei Atsuta Yūharu ; bijutsu, Hamada Tatsuo ; henshū, Hamamura Yoshiyasu ; ongaku, Saitō Kōjun.

Saburi Shin, Tanaka Kinuyo, Arima Ineko, Sada Keiji, Takahashi Teiji, Kuwano Miyuki, Ryū Chishū, Naniwa Chieko, Watanabe Fumio, Nakamura Nobuo, Yamamoto Fujiko.

DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.