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Compromise with tenderness
Uriel 2022-02-07 14:46:30
Damn, I watched the version without subtitles, plus some Kansai dialects, I didn't understand many details, but this may pay more attention to Ozu's video style and film language... The narrative of the film is a series of Ozu's films of this type. The second is still a married daughter, but it shows the conflict between the old and the new, the traditional patriarchal power has been disintegrated, and the father finally recognized the reality. This is Ozu's consistent family ethics drama, and the style of the film is also unique to Ozu, full of colors. , showing a strong warmth in the light comedy. The setting in the play is very meaningful. The conflicting twins are both father and daughter. Obviously, an ideology is integrated into it. Not only is the patriarchy challenged, Under the influence of the enlightened American thought, the bondage of men to women in Japan is also in trouble. As a supporter of patriarchal consciousness, Ozu transformed this decline into a confrontation between the old and the young. In Ozu's view, he is a veteran The person who arrived, everything is changing, so I have to accept it silently...
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