Late Spring Comments

  • Godfrey 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    A simple and direct film, which uses a large amount of space to talk about daily trivial matters and the relationship between father and...

  • Kirsten 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    I thought it would be peaceful, but also quite intense. It's not as boring as I imagined, but it's not boring at all... And music is very important, Ozu likes to ask a lot of words in one sentence... Fortunately, there is an aunt, otherwise how can we proceed? The footage has a backdrop of American...

  • Korey 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Electra's mind of an older...

  • Waylon 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Ozu, who has never been married and has been a mother-in-law, expresses the meaning of "filial piety" and "happiness" in the relationship between father and daughter. Ozu's films are always full of filial piety, and often discuss the concept of marriage, while Ozu himself is a workaholic. This is his "spirit of sacrifice". PS The Hara Setsuko laughing is really good-looking, Kasa Zhizhong's shyness, and Sugimura Haruko's matchmaker...

  • Kaitlyn 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    I still can't drink this bowl of patriarchal sour water and boil it into delicious...

  • Vaughn 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    "Late Spring" is a musical work. By controlling the subtle rhythms of action, dialogue and editing, the film seems to construct a sense of melody that lingers endlessly; It is like the sound and picture organization of a Passacaglia: the rhythm of the scene action and the story progress in the picture and the stuttering dialogue in the soundtrack are the additions on the theme of one or two "bass" in the background. Variations, this is undoubtedly a realm that very few works can reach. What...

  • Russell 2022-03-24 09:03:46

    ? ? ? ? ? Parents are all scourges, and they can't speak. This is not love father. . . Ozu is very aware of the perversion of this repressed hierarchical relationship, expresses it, and defends this perversion at the end. That is to say, his (conscious) own perversion takes precedence over it. . . Pure laughter? ? Setsuko Hara's fake smile can't be...

  • Mae 2022-03-24 09:03:46

    After seeing the [Taste of Saury] in [Late Spring] for more than ten years, it is still the daughter who replaces her with her own role in the absence of her mother/wife, which leads to dependence and reluctance, or It's the discomfort of changing roles. Kasa Chi-jo, who came over to speak, seemed to have not changed in ten years. The film shows the degree of post-war westernization of Japan (Coca-Cola, Gary Cooper), but the film's context is still deeply oriental cultural...

  • Sylvester 2022-03-22 09:02:57

    I really want to know if Noriko is happy...

  • Chelsea 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    Under the lens of Ozu, the outdated concept of marriage and love and the slightly embarrassing family warmth of oriental society have a different kind of beauty, which is in sharp contrast with the westernized beauty and life of the girls after the war. Because it is very slow, I have to notice that many empty mirrors, especially those at home, have feelings. Kamakura's Hachimangu Shrine, Kodai-ji Temple, Electric Railway, Sea, Kyoto's Kiyomizu Temple, and Hyo-tei Cuisine are simply Japanese...

Extended Reading
  • Seamus 2022-03-22 09:02:57

    Don't walk gently into this new era

    The last shot of "Late Spring" is so emotional. The old professor peeled the apple unskilledly, carefully keeping the peel continuous until the flesh was completely exposed, the peel was peeled off, and it fell to the ground. The old professor's lonely figure and lost, contemplative expression were...

  • Renee 2022-02-02 08:03:47

    Yoshida Yoshige and Hou Hsiao-hsien on "Late Spring"

    Yoshida Yoshige : In "Late Spring", when the father and daughter, who are the holy protagonists, talk to each other, the infinitely ambiguous and ambiguous expressions of the two appear repeatedly on the screen. This is an Ozu-style technique. Inserting a scene into a scene to present dramatic...

Late Spring quotes

  • Jo Onodera: Which way is Tokyo?

    Shukichi Somiya: Tokyo, that way.

    Jo Onodera: So east is this direction?

    Shukichi Somiya: No, that direction.

    Jo Onodera: Has it always been that way?

    Shukichi Somiya: Absolutely.

    [they both laugh]

  • Noriko Somiya: So which type am I?

    Shôichi Hattori: Let's see. I'd say you're not the jealous type.

    Noriko Somiya: Oh, but I am.

    Shôichi Hattori: You sure?

    Noriko Somiya: As the saying goes, when I slice pickled radish, it comes out all strung together.

    Shôichi Hattori: That's a matter of the relative interaction between you and the knife. There's no logical connection between pickled radish and jealousy, now is there?

    Noriko Somiya: So you like pickles strung together?

    Shôichi Hattori: At times I wouldn't mind them.

Late Spring

Director: Yasujirô Ozu

Language: Japanese Release date: July 21, 1972

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