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Preparation for the Festival (祭りの準備, Matsuri no junbi) is a 1975 Japanese film directed by Kuroki Kazuo.[1][2][3]

Preparation for the Festival
Poster for Preparation for the Festival.
Japanese	祭りの準備
Directed by	Kuroki Kazuo
Written by	Takehiro Nakajima
Produced by	Kazu Ôtsuka
Starring	Jun Etô Haruko Mabuchi Hajime Hana Yoshio Harada
Cinematography	Tatsuo Suzuki
Edited by	Hiroshi Asai
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Distributed by	Art Theatre Guild
Release date	November 8, 1975
Running time	117 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Tateo (Jun Etô), a mother-dominated young man who realizes that he must leave the place he loves, finding it too closed and constricting. With great affection and insight, Kuroki characterizes the villagers who surround Tateo: his neurotic mother and philandering father, who lives across town with his mistress; his grandfather, who is obsessed with the idea that he fathered a child by a promiscuous young girl; a drunken friend, etc.[4]

Cast

• Jun Eto
• Yoshio Harada
• Miki Sugimoto
• Hajime Hana
• Hiroshi Inuzuka
• Keiko Takeshita
• Jun Hamamura

Awards and nominations

Blue Ribbon Awards[5]

• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Yoshio Harada

References

External links

• Preparation for the Festival at IMDb

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