Chishu Ryu, Haruko Sugimura, Ineko Arima
A woman leaves her abusive husband and moves in with her father, who is also sheltering another daughter, pregnant from a dead-end affair. The two sisters eventually discover that the mother they thou...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 12, 2007
Stats: 46 reviews
truly a beautiful film. the film is so simple that the same material in the hands of most any other director might have seemed pointless, dull, and without direction. in the hands of ozu it was profound, engaging, and more true to life than most other films ever made. this is ...( read more)
A scandalous tale, full of heartbreak and sorrow. And I thought Ozu was a bad greek liquor.
The darkest Ozu that I've seen, and no doubt his most pessimistic film on the disintegration of the family. This family comprises of the aging father with his two grownup daughters, one married and has a daughter, the other pregnant from a dead end relationship with an irrespons...( read more)
WEB. Tiene toda la elegancia y sobriedad de los mejores dramas de Ozu (además de una cinematografía extraordinaria), pero su desarrollo (melo)dramático se nota muy calculado y premeditado, lo que minimiza su impacto. Es más efectiva al enfocar la soledad que cuando explora las in...( read more)
Hands down, the bleakest Ozu film I have seen, the film is really pessimistic without having any humour, unlike Tokyo Story or any Ozu film for that matter. From the start, you get deceived, then, as it goes along, the perception you would have dies out. It is long but never dull...( read more)
Le film le plus sombre et le plus beau du plus grand cineaste de tous les temps!
Keeping in mind that this movie has Ozu pacing as well, this is a fantastic movie that just takes a while to get started. It's a bit confusing who is the central character in this piece, but that's a small problem on the grand scale of things.
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