"The Flower of the Other Side" is Ozu's first color film, which is ubiquitously decorated with Agfa red. Afterwards, Agfa Hong appeared in every corner of his last five films like a goblin that only moves freely. It is said that after the death of Ozu's mother, as a gift to relatives and friends, a batch of Agfa red glasses were given.
It is interesting to say that a director who has been committed to shooting traditional Japanese families, the use of lenses, the composition of the space, and the color matching has been minimalist, so he loves such a trendy Agfa red.
But when it comes to the film itself, the seemingly random and ubiquitous Agfa red can be interpreted as a point-like infiltration of new love and marriage relationships into traditional families under the modernization process. Although the fathers, who are still the mainstream of the society, adhere to the traditional orders of parents and matchmakers, the self-advocacy of children is like Agfa red, a little bit, a bright and strong hit on the traditional door.
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