About: One Wonderful Sunday

One Wonderful Sunday is a 1947 Japanese film co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. This was Kurosawa's seventh film. It is in black-and-white and runs 108 minutes. Yuzo and his financée, Masako, spend a Sunday together in Tokyo. Between them they have 35 yen and are determined to make it last. The film was made during the Occupation and shows the some of the challenges facing post-war Tokyo. Masako breaks the fourth wall near the end of the film.