It has a similar angle to "Late Spring". Setsuko Hara is still called Kiko, and Kasumi is playing his elder brother Kangichi this time. The plot is still about the 28-year-old unmarried Kiko. Accidentally took the initiative to marry an old classmate who lost his wife's belt, but the family concept expressed in the process and the delicate changes of emotions are all the brush strokes that Ozu is good at. The naughty bickering between the married and unmarried factions, as well as the ambivalence between the parents for Noriko's marriage, not only has a very small but very subtle help for Noriko's marriage, but also gives the audience a very strong sense of emotional substitution. And more cordial.
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