| Rice | |
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| Directed by | Tadashi Imai |
| Written by | Yasutarō Yagi |
| Produced by | Nobusaburō Honda Mitsuo Makino Seiichi Yoshino |
| Starring | Shinjirō Ehara |
| Cinematography | Shunichirō Nakao |
| Edited by | Yoshiki Nagasama |
| Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
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Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Rice (Japanese:米,Hepburn:Kome) is a 1957 Japanesedrama film directed byTadashi Imai.[2] It was entered into the10th Cannes Film Festival.[3]
It is also known by the titleThe Rice People.[4]
Two young men, Tsuguo and Senkichi, return to their small home town during the rice planting festival, and try to make a living as fishermen.
Eastman Color was used for the photography, which Viola Swisher of theLos Angeles Mirror described as having more prominence than the storyline.[5]
1957Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best ActressYūko Mochizuki.[6]
According to Swisher, with the exception of a "poignant" ending, the "coherence in direction and editing" was subpar "[b]y Western standards".[5]
Pat King of theSan Francisco Examiner praised the "superb" photographic work and the "real" scenery, though she argued American viewers at the time would have found difficulties with how the film jumps between themes.[7]
Monte Ito ofThe Honolulu Advertiser wrote that the film may cause some viewers to perceive it as boring while other viewers may like the realism.[8]
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