Monday Morning Maybe

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1935 | 74 min | Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Right up the alley of anyone who likes a story with a soundtrack worth keeping and people who love relationship stories. The music is woven into the story, not just laid on top. Fans of West Side Story should feel right at home. Relationships are put under a microscope, for better or worse.
The mood
Thoughtful and character-driven.
The pace
Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 1 hr 14 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
What might put you off
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Made in 1935: an older pace and style.
  • Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 2K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Mikio Naruse

  • Sachiko ChibaKimiko Yamamoto
  • Yuriko HanabusaOyuki
  • Toshiko ItōEtsuko Yamamoto
  • Setsuko HorikoshiShizuko (Oyuki's daughter)
  • Sadao MaruyamaShunsaku Yamamoto
  • Heihachirō ŌkawaSeiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
  • Kaoru ItōKenichi (Oyuki's son)
  • Kamatari FujiwaraShingo (Kimiko's uncle)
  • Chikako HosokawaShingo's wife