Banshun
Movie
晩春
1949/09/13
Speech duration
59min
Word count5,712
Unique words1,251
Words (1-occurrence)692
Unique kanji536
Kanji (1-occurrence)234
Speech speed
256
Difficulty Easy
External Rating
80 %

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.

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