Preparation for the Festival

Preparation for the Festival (祭りの準備) is a 1975 Japanese film directed by Kuroki Kazuo.

Plot
Tateo (Jun Etô), a mother-dominated young man who realizes that he must leave the place he loves, finding it too closed and constricting. With great affection and insight, Kuroki characterizes the villagers who surround Tateo: his neurotic mother and philandering father, who lives across town with his mistress; his grandfather, who is obsessed with the idea that he fathered a child by a promiscuous young girl; a drunken friend, etc.

Cast

 * Jun Eto
 * Yoshio Harada
 * Miki Sugimoto
 * Hajime Hana
 * Hiroshi Inuzuka
 * Keiko Takeshita
 * Jun Hamamura

Awards and nominations
Blue Ribbon Awards
 * Won: Best Supporting Actor - Yoshio Harada