Reminiscence
1953, Japanese. Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952 novel Thousand Cranes, a quietly devastating story of a young man, orphaned during the war, who stumbles into a passionate yet tragic relationship with his late father’s mistress and her daughter.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 15 January 1953
- Original title
- 千羽鶴
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kaneto Shindō
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What Reminiscence is based on
Reminiscence is based on Thousand Cranes (1952) by Yasunari Kawabata.
1952
Thousand Cranes
By Yasunari Kawabata
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Reminiscence runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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Reminiscence isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 January 1953. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Reminiscence?
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Who directed Reminiscence?
Reminiscence (1953) was directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura and stars Michiyo Kogure, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Kimura.
What is Reminiscence based on?
Reminiscence is based on Thousand Cranes (1952) by Yasunari Kawabata.