Equinox Flower [Higanbana] (Four original photographs from the 1958 Japanese film)

  • Tokyo: Shochiku, 1958
By Yasujiro Ozu (director, screenwriter); Ton Satomi (novel); Kogo Noda (screenwriter); Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada, Shin Saburi (starring)
Tokyo: Shochiku, 1958. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1958 film. With the stamp of Shochiku Co. on the verso, along with a mimeo snipe noting the film's Japanese title, "Higanbana."

From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.

Based on Ton Satomi's 1957 novel. A businessman hopes to arrange a marriage for his headstrong youngest daughter, who has fallen in love with a musician. Director Yasujiro Ozu's first color film.

Set and shot on location in Tokyo.

6 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine.

BFI 1071. Criterion Eclipse 3.

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