Late Spring

This film was a breath of fresh air, this is my first Ozu film and beforehand I felt rather intimidated by his work, and from the first 5 minutes I knew that it would be the opposite. This film works in such a relaxed yet very technical manner, from the composition of his shots to the texture of daily Japanese life from that era, it all felt so cozy to me for some reason. Beyond that I really loved despair and the nature of happiness portrayed in the film and the commentary around it, overall this is a great film and undoubtedly the work of an auteur