Fresh
Yasujiro Ozu's delicate melodramas (this one dates from his finest period, 1951) avoid any sense of cliche in their restrained, sometimes painfully subtle study of family relationships.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Overview
A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis of sorts.
Director and cast
- Yasujirō Ozu Director
- Shin Saburi as Mokichi Satake
- Michiyo Kogure as Taeko Satake
- Koji Tsuruta as Noboru Okada
- Chikage Awashima as Aya Amamiya
- Keiko Tsushima as Setsuko Yamauchi
- Eijirō Yanagi as Yamauchi
- Kuniko Miyake as Chizu Yamauchi
- Kōji Shitara as Koji Yamauchi
- Chishū Ryū as Sadao Hirayama
- Yūko Mochizuki as Shige
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
No one shrug or sigh or smile is more or less dispensible than another gesture, which explains why minor characters are so important in Ozu films.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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