Repast (1951) poster
1951 · drama · japanese

Repast

Directed by Mikio Naruse1h 37m1951
ElsewhereIMDb7.62kTMDB7.549
  • sombre
  • measured
  • gentle
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Sombre, measured, gentle drama / japanese, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

How every film is hand-scored →

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.

Our read · Repast (1951) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · japanese entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

Video previewNo trailer available for this one.
Where the cast leads
Where to watch
All options on JustWatch

Availability in the US · via JustWatch

More info & search links
Fingerprint

The shape of Repast

Tonight, this looks like

What watching it is actually like.

You want quiet Japanese drama about a bored postwar housewife reexamining her marriage.

ends bittersweetit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 25attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if you need plot twists or fast-moving stories tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
Your take
Rate it
star-clip-1-0star-clip-2-0star-clip-3-0star-clip-4-0star-clip-5-0
React
Discussion

Discussion

cmd enter to post

What does your Movie DNA look like?

Rate a few films you've seen. We map your taste across the same twelve axes and find the films you'll actually want to watch tonight.

Read my taste — 60 sec
No account needed.