House of Wedlock

House of Wedlock
House of Wedlock
Japanese name
Kana	ウホッホ探険隊
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Uhohho tankentai
Directed by	Kichitaro Negishi
Written by	Yoshimitsu Morita
Production; companies	Director's Company; New Century Producers (NCP)
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	October 18, 1986;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

House of Wedlock a.k.a. Hour of Wedlock (ウホッホ探険隊, Uhohho tankentai) (literally "Ooh! Exploration Party") is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi.

Plot

Tokiko Enomoto finds out that her husband Kazuya, who mostly lives at an apartment near his work while she and their children live at home, has been having an affair with a live-in mistress, Ryōko, at his apartment. Tokiko tells her two sons, Tarō and Jirō, that she has decided to divorce their father. The children are shocked but understand their mother's position. Kazuya realizes the damage he has done and tries to remedy the situation.

Cast

Yukiyo Toake as Tokiko Enomoto
Kunie Tanaka as Kazuya Enomoto
Masatoshi Murakami (村上雅俊) as Tarō Enomoto
Shinji Motoyama (本山真二) as Jirō Enomoto
Mariko Fuji (藤真利子) as Ryōko
Saburō Tokitō (時任三郎) as the photographer
Keiko Saito (斉藤慶子)

Background

The screenplay for the film, based on a novel by Agata Hikari, was written by director Yoshimitsu Morita.^[1] The film has been described as "one of the forerunners of Japanese new age movies in the 80s."^[2]

Awards and nominations

10th Japan Academy Awards^[3]

Nominated: Best Screenplay - Yoshimitsu Morita

8th Yokohama Film Festival^[4]

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Screenplay - Yoshimitsu Morita

29th Blue Ribbon Awards^[5]

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Actor - Kunie Tanaka

References

^ ウホッホ探険隊 (in Japanese). [AllCinema]. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
^ "10th Japan Academy Prizes" (in Japanese). [Japan Academy Prize]. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
^ 第８回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８６年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
^ "Cinema Hochi Awards - Table" (in Japanese). [Cinema Hochi]. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-11-27.