Ozu truly was like "I only have one life to live, which means I might have time to make like, maybe 50 movies, and I'll be damned if they're not going to be all about how Japan, as a society, needs to leave arranged marriages in the past." And I respect it a lot actually.

As far as Ozu movies about the struggle of middle-class Japanese families dealing with the cultural shift toward female independence goes, this one felt the most to me like watching somebody else go to therapy.

Watching the way this stubborn man refused to learn the lesson that was repeatedly presented to him, the suffering that this caused everyone around him, and the lightness that came from his slowly allowing people (including himself) to just be happy, was like watching therapy slowly doing its job. Can't imagine what it must have been like for people to watch this in 1958.

Ozu truly was like "I only have one life to live, which means I might have time to make like, maybe 50 movies, and I'll be damned if they're not going to be all about how Japan, as a society, needs to leave arranged marriages in the past." And I respect it a lot actually.

As far as Ozu movies about the struggle of middle-class Japanese families dealing with the cultural shift toward female independence goes, this one felt the most to me like watching somebody else go to therapy.

Watching the way this stubborn man refused to learn the lesson that was repeatedly presented to him, the suffering that this caused everyone around him, and the lightness that came from his slowly allowing people (including himself) to just be happy, was like watching therapy slowly doing its job. Can't imagine what it must have been like for people to watch this in 1958.

Ozu has never emphasized the explicit infantilism of aging Japanese men (or maybe men, in general) as much as he does here. The tragicomedy of men’s capricious juvenility is exposed for its hypocrisy. When Wataru is confronted for this by Kiyoko, he devolves into a child. He protests and pivots into defending inconsistencies. Ozu lovingly elbows the older, stubborn generation in his first colour feature. The first red tea pot. The first blue sky. When Ozu decided to do colour, as you can see here, it’s because he was truly ready.

Ozu has never emphasized the explicit infantilism of aging Japanese men (or maybe men, in general) as much as he does here. The tragicomedy of men’s capricious juvenility is exposed for its hypocrisy. When Wataru is confronted for this by Kiyoko, he devolves into a child. He protests and pivots into defending inconsistencies. Ozu lovingly elbows the older, stubborn generation in his first colour feature. The first red tea pot. The first blue sky. When Ozu decided to do colour, as you can see here, it’s because he was truly ready.

Es una película muy lenta pero el mensaje que trata de dar y los visuales son muyyyy lindos yo ame mucho los colores en toda la película y como usaban sus alrededores creo que ese es el mejor punto de la película, me dio mucho sentimiento cuando por fin se perdonaron y la hija tuvo lo que deseaba pero creo que tiene mas contras que pros ya que como es una película muy lenta yo sé que a todos no les va a gustar y además no a todos les gusta ver películas con subtítulos (en la página que la vi los subtítulos estaban atrasados y eso me confundió muchas veces) si buscas una película tranquila solo para tener de fondo y admirar sus bellos visuales esta es una buena película pero si buscas algo de acción, que vaya rápido y no te aburra tanto pues mira otra película xd

Es una película muy lenta pero el mensaje que trata de dar y los visuales son muyyyy lindos yo ame mucho los colores en toda la película y como usaban sus alrededores creo que ese es el mejor punto de la película, me dio mucho sentimiento cuando por fin se perdonaron y la hija tuvo lo que deseaba pero creo que tiene mas contras que pros ya que como es una película muy lenta yo sé que a todos no les va a gustar y además no a todos les gusta ver películas con subtítulos (en la página que la vi los subtítulos estaban atrasados y eso me confundió muchas veces) si buscas una película tranquila solo para tener de fondo y admirar sus bellos visuales esta es una buena película pero si buscas algo de acción, que vaya rápido y no te aburra tanto pues mira otra película xd

my first ozu's film!!!! i looked it up and apparently this was his first color film. the colors feel muted but still bright. to me, that muted palette reflects the father as the head of the household. he’s stoic, reserved, and holding onto traditional values which kinda menyebalkan. in the end his love for his daughter is bigger than all of that though so it's alright

however, the actors’ smiles felt a bit uncanny to me (it's not really a bother sih)

my first ozu's film!!!! i looked it up and apparently this was his first color film. the colors feel muted but still bright. to me, that muted palette reflects the father as the head of the household. he’s stoic, reserved, and holding onto traditional values which kinda menyebalkan. in the end his love for his daughter is bigger than all of that though so it's alright

however, the actors’ smiles felt a bit uncanny to me (it's not really a bother sih)

capolavoro.

capolavoro.