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Effie 2022-07-06 19:54:39
Ozu Yasujiro Film Festival - Mai Qiu (1951, Black and White)
In Ozu's life, "North Kamakura" was a key word, which accommodated his peace of life and death; in the film "Mai Qiu", "North Kamakura" was also a key word, and the story happened in in this quiet town. So, what kind of place is Kita Kamakura? An online search got this introduction:
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Liam 2022-07-06 13:28:03
"Hazy Sense---Taking Kiko's Marriage as an Example"
Yasujiro Ozu's "Mai Qiu" (1951), I watched it five times on and off before I finished it. For a movie that was a little over two hours long, I watched it for more than 10 to 20 minutes each time, and the fifth time I watched the remaining one hour, I watched it all in one go. Maybe because I...

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Shige Mamiya: That's too old for Noriko.
Fumiko Mamiya: That's right.
Koichi Mamiya: How old old is good? She isn't so young herself. She can't be too choosy or she'll never get married. As long as he's respectable, we shouldn't be picky.
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Aya Tamura: I thought you were the type who could never leave Tokyo.
Noriko Mamiya: Why?
Aya Tamura: I imagined you'd live Western-style, with a flower garden, listening to Chopin. In your tiled kitchen, you'd have a refrigerator filled with Coca-Cola. I thought you'd be a housewife in a house like that. When I'd visit, you'd meet me on a covered porch, wearing a white sweater, with a terrier in tow, and you'd greet me over a picket fence, "Hellow, how are you?"