Ornamental Hairpin (1941)

Emi Ota and her friend Okiku stay briefly at a mountain inn and then return to Tokyo. Later, Nanmura, a soldier on leave, steps on an ornamental hairpin in the public bath at the inn. Emi writes to the inn saying she has lost a hairpin and, when she discovers that it injured Nanmura, returns to apologize. The longer term visitors at the inn meet together to discuss the hairpin incident. These include a grumpy Professor, a young couple Mr and Mrs Hiroyasu, and an old man staying with his two grandsons. They hope to see a romance blossom between Nanmura and Emi, after Nanmura declares that there is something almost poetic in finding a hairpin in the bath.
Hiroshi Shimizu
Kinuyo Tanaka, Hiroko Kawasaki, Tatsuo Saitō, Chishū Ryū, Shinichi Himori, Hideko Mimura, Kanji Kawahara, Jun Yokoyama, Masayoshi Otsuka, Takeshi Sakamoto, Koji Matsumoto, Munenobu Yui, Tsuneo Osugi, Kayoko Terada
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