Song for a Bride

1958 Japanese film

Song for a Bride

Director Ishirō Honda attending to details on Reiko Dan's fashion show costume during production.

Directed by| Ishirō Honda
Written by| Tokuhei Wakao
Produced by|

* Toho
* Sanezumi Fujimoto

Cinematography| Hajime Koizumi
Music by| Masaru Sato
Distributed by| Toho

Release date

* February 11, 1958 (1958-02-11)

Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

Song for a Bride (花嫁三重奏, Hanayome sanjuso) is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda.

## Cast

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* Mitsuko Kusabue
* Akemi Negishi
* Reiko Dan
* Kenji Sahara
* Hiroshi Koizumi
* Yoshio Tsuchiya
* Sachio Sakai as Kurokawa
* Fumiko Okamura
* Daijirō Natsukawa
* Toshiko Nakano
* Yutaka Nakayama
* Keiko Muramatsu
* Akiko Wakabayashi
* Daisuke Inoue
* Kingoro Yanagiya

## Release

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Song for a Bride was released on February 11, 1958.[1]

## Reception

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In a retrospective review, Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski declared the film "one of Honda's most thoroughly entertaining film" that "showcases Honda's flair for comedy in ways similar to Mothra and King Kong vs. Godzilla" had."[1][2]

## References

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1. ^ a b Ryfle & Godziszewski 2017, p. 142.
2. ^ Ryfle & Godziszewski 2017, p. 143.

## Bibliography

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* Ryfle, Steve; Godziszewski, Ed (2017). Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819570871.

## External links

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* (in Japanese) http://www.ishirohonda.com/works/195802-sanju/195802-sanju.shtml
* Song for a Bride at IMDb

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Films|

| Director|

* Aoi Shinju (1951)
* Nangoku no hada (1952)
* The Man Who Came to Port (1952)
* Adolescence Part II (1953)
* Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
* Farewell Rabaul (1954)
* Godzilla (1954)
* Lovetide (1955)
* Oen-san (1955)
* Half Human (1955)
* Wakai ki (1956)
* Night School (1956)
* Tōkyō no hito sayōnara (1956)
* Rodan (1956)
* Be Happy, These Two Lovers (1957)
* A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye (1957)
* A Rainbow Plays in My Heart (1957)
* A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister (1957)
* The Mysterians (1957)
* Song for a Bride (1958)
* The H-Man (1958)
* Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
* Battle in Outer Space (1959)
* The Human Vapor (1960)
* Mothra (1961)
* Gorath (1962)
* King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
* Matango (1963)
* Atragon (1963)
* Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
* Dogora (1964)
* Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
* Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
* Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
* The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
* Come Marry Me (1966)
* King Kong Escapes (1967)
* Destroy All Monsters (1968)
* Latitude Zero (1969)
* All Monsters Attack (1969)
* Space Amoeba (1970)
* Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

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Assistant director|

* Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)
* Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
* Chocolate and Soldiers (1938)
* Uma (1941)
* Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron (1944)
* Stray Dog (1949)
* Escape at Dawn (1950)

Miscellaneous|

* Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
* Kagemusha (1980)
* Ran (1985)
* The Discarnates (1988)
* Dreams (1990)
* Rhapsody in August (1991)
* Madadayo (1993)
* Samurai Kids (1993)
* Rebirth of Mothra (1996)

Television|

| Director|

* Return of Ultraman (1971-1972)
* Mirrorman (1971-1972)
* Thunder Mask (1972-1973)
* Zone Fighter (1973)

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