This somehow gives you such a sense of environmental immersion that you can feel and smell every shot as if it possesses built-in 4DX.

This somehow gives you such a sense of environmental immersion that you can feel and smell every shot as if it possesses built-in 4DX.

A very difficult watch. Beautiful cinematography, setting, and score, yes, but a distressing story. Ozu's talent for capturing the tiniest details of domestic life and generational differences is used here to examine much more painful experiences and aggressive interactions than in his other movies.

That the main character, a violently misoginistic and selfish old man, encounters little in the way of punishment for his behavior but the misery he inflicts on others and himself feels true to real life and hard to sit with.

At the same time, a movie that stirs you and stays with you, daring to mix beauty with uglyness and pointing to the too-familiar ways in which a person might overlook the first and succumb to the second.

A very difficult watch. Beautiful cinematography, setting, and score, yes, but a distressing story. Ozu's talent for capturing the tiniest details of domestic life and generational differences is used here to examine much more painful experiences and aggressive interactions than in his other movies.

That the main character, a violently misoginistic and selfish old man, encounters little in the way of punishment for his behavior but the misery he inflicts on others and himself feels true to real life and hard to sit with.

At the same time, a movie that stirs you and stays with you, daring to mix beauty with uglyness and pointing to the too-familiar ways in which a person might overlook the first and succumb to the second.

so beautifully shot but oh my god I wanted to smack that guy the whole time

so beautifully shot but oh my god I wanted to smack that guy the whole time

During Floating Weeds, all my girlfriend could focus on is how caked up the postmaster’s apprentice was in the film. Still, Ozu is a master at curating every shot. Love love love revisiting this.

During Floating Weeds, all my girlfriend could focus on is how caked up the postmaster’s apprentice was in the film. Still, Ozu is a master at curating every shot. Love love love revisiting this.

Did not expect to like this that much.

Did not expect to like this that much.