Higanbana (Equinox Flower)

[Machine Translation] The first and second masterpieces from the DVD-BOX "Yasujiro Ozu," which was released in 2003 and sold well, are now being released separately! Yasujiro Ozu's first color film is a home drama "Higanbana" featuring a cast of beautiful men and women. Toshinobu Sabu gives an amusing performance as the father who can't keep his cool about his daughter's marriage. --Wataru Hirayama is a young man who wants his daughter, Fumiko, to have a good marriage. One day, Taniguchi suddenly visits Hirayama's office and asks for his consent to marry Fumiko, and the relationship between Fumiko and Taniguchi is discovered. Hirayama, who is tolerant of marriage proposals between the daughters of acquaintances, is furious when he learns that Fumiko has promised to marry him without consulting him. Hirayama does not allow Fumiko to marry Taniguchi, and Fumiko's friend Sachiko comes to him for advice, saying that she is in trouble because of her own marriage proposal...

2003年に発売し、好セールスを記録したDVD-BOX「小津安二郎」から第一、第二集の傑作を単品リリース!! 小津安二郎初のカラー作品は美男美女をそろえたホームドラマ「彼岸花」。娘の結婚に冷静になれないがんこ親父を佐分利信がおもしろおかしく好演。 ――平山渉は娘、文子には良い縁談をと考えていた。ある日、突然、文子との結婚を了解して欲しいという谷口が平山の会社を訪れ、文子と谷口の交際が発覚。知人の娘の縁談には寛容な平山であったが、文子が相談なしに結婚の約束をしたと知り、激怒する。文子と谷口との結婚を許さない平山のもとに、文子の友人、幸子が自分の縁談で困っている、と相談にやってきた・・・。