Chieko Naniwa, Chishu Ryu, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada ...( see more  see more... ) , Kinuyo Tanaka , Kinuyo Tanaka (II) , Miyuki Kuwano , Shin Saburi , Teiji Takahashi , Yoshiko Kuga

Two teenaged women make a pact never to fall for their parents' notions of arranged marriages. Subsequently, one of them chooses a husband without her father's consent.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 58 min.

Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu

Release Date: January 1, 1958

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DVD Release Date: June 12, 2007

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  • May 4, 2009
    ozu's first color film not only brought an insurgence of popping colors and lights into his art direction, but it brought a new wave of thinking as well. ozu's work up until this point had been more focused on traditional japanese family values and the younger generations respon...( read more)sibility to their elders. in this film we see a shift in ozu's thinking where he engages in the more emerging and progressive cultural leanings of allowing more freedom and respect to younger people. although many people grow harder as they get older including some of the characters in this film, ozu himself softens and portrays the family in ways he hadnt done until now. in the same way ozu had resisted color in film until this movie, and then he used color vibrantly to the fullest of its potential. the film itself started far too slow, but it picked up and ended well and deserves an added measure of respect because of what it meant for ozu's career. a great film.
  • August 25, 2009
    Aug 2009 - As always, this is another amazing view of the urban japan after the war. The conflict of the different generations this time around marriage. It is funny at times and a few of them don't really fit Ozo's style well. This is his first color movie but the colors are so ...( read more)fantastically beautiful.
  • March 10, 2008
    I found this to be really delightful personally. It was really a joy to see this film in colour, where Ozu, a master, is doing the same topic over again but always with a new dimension. It's like inventing colour, by some obscure mixture of colours and I'll be damned If I see amy...( read more)thing like what Ozu does.
  • July 8, 2007
    One of Ozu's more straight-forward films, the addition of color adds a new sense of style for the director. He is visually unbeatable.

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