Late Autumn Reviews

Isom 2022-02-25 08:01:57

In the past two weeks, there has been a special screening to commemorate Setsuko Hara, and I chose three films, "Autumn Harmony", "Late Spring" and "Tokyo Story", so I quickly booked the tickets. Squeezed the Central Line for half an hour today and rushed to the cinema five minutes before the...

Laurie 2022-02-25 08:01:57

A beautiful pair of mother and daughter, the mother is a widow, and the daughter is of marriageable age. The three former friends of her deceased husband are simply making waves. First, they introduced it to their daughter. The daughter said that she was worried about her mother, and they let out...

Scot 2022-02-25 08:01:57

Ozu is a master of silence, and from his films you can imagine how he paces, talks to you, and even observes a person.     Of course there are gatherings and laughter, but sadness slowly rises from the heart, and when you calm down for a while, you will think of how lonely you are - husband and...

Gilda 2022-02-25 08:01:57

Ordinary people are celebrating the seventh anniversary of their deceased male host Miwa. Miwa's friends before his death, Soichi Mamiya (played by Toshin Saofen), Hidezo Taguchi (played by Noburo Nakamura), and Seiichiro Hirayama (played by Ryuuji North) arrived as scheduled, and looking back on...

Margarette 2022-02-25 08:01:57

Yasujiro Ozu's "Autumn Harmony" released in 1960, like his "Tokyo Story" before him, has an ethical resonance in East Asia and deeply moved me.

Ayako lives with her widowed mother Akiko. In order not to let her mother live a lonely life in the future, she decides not to get married and will always...