Amazon.com video review:
Yuzo (Isao Numasaki) and Masako (Chieko Nakakita) are engaged to be
wed, but how are they supposed to enjoy a happy life together when they
can't
even muster more than 35 yen to spend on a single day off? The dilemma puts
Yuzo in a funk, despairing for their lives and future together in postwar
Japan. Masako, on the other hand, is inspired to dream of possibilities, of
the strength of their union under hardship and the goals they can reach
together. Her optimism drives their day to a number of incidental
adventures,
moments that don't have anything to do with money but that reveal a kind
of
life beneath Yuzo's middle-class perceptions of good living. In this
splendid,
1947 black-and-white film, Akira Kurosawa takes one of his favorite
themes--the challenge of different perspectives--and builds around it a
gentle,
intimate story of urban love and the wisdom of patience and experience.
Generally considered a minor entry in Kurosawa's filmography, One
Wonderful
Sunday is actually among his most moving stories of despair and hope.
--Tom
Keogh
