The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice(1952)
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
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Mokichi Satake
Taeko Satake
Noboru Okada
Aya Amamiya
Setsuko Yamauchi
Yamauchi
Chizu Yamauchi
Koji Yamauchi
Sadao Hirayama
Shige
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