with this warm and uplifting film and the effect kurosawa achieves be in the simplicity . the story be threadbare . two lovebird try to spend a sunday together in post war tokyo and enjoy themselves with only 35 yen in their pocket . kurosawa never cease to amaze me because of his incredibly acute comprehension of the visual effect of a story . the simpler the story be and the more it become simply a day in their life . the more it become a day in the life and the more upsetting we find the challenge face them because of the occupation and the crumble economy at the time . it almost like a lightweight version of the lost weekend . there be no debilitate problem like alcoholism or writer block . there be just obstruction and inconvenience with which the character can either roll or stew around . one wonderful sunday be a beautiful slice of life from a time that could be many different time in many different place . it a peaceful movie about the peace that be always there for a give person and their journey be to find it . i have rarely see a sequence so beautifully craft on film a the two lover in the empty and decay concrete exterior auditorium and where one resolve to create the music they have be struggle to hear . there be hardly a handful of filmmaker live today that would think of such a thing . kurosawa may have have the clearest and pure understanding of cinema out of any filmmaker .