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  • Jettie 2022-02-02 08:03:47

    Early samples of "Autumn Harmony" and "The Taste of Autumn Saury"/The beginning of a bad relationship

    In 1942, after "When My Father Was Living", Ozu came to China to fight the invasion of China, where he worked to poison wells. It is reported that he is conscientious in poisoning work, as diligent and pragmatic as a director. After returning to China after the war, he successively filmed "The...

  • Keenan 2022-04-20 09:02:48

    Movies that know how to trick audiences

    The film of 1949, that year had such earth-shaking changes for China, and it was also a post-war reconstruction for the former enemy Japan. But these are the background of the times of the movie, and have nothing to do with the plot of the movie.

    Some movie plots use so-called narrative tricks to...

  • Kenton 2022-04-23 07:05:18

    [Archive Shochiku Film Festival] So "Autumn Harmony" is a companion piece to this one, and Setsuko Hara's interpretation of her daughter is even better. Li Zhizhong's father is definitely the light of East Asian males. If I have such a father, I can't bear to see him die alone...|Ps. I laughed so hard when I joked about Cooper

  • Dave 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    Ozu's works have always been elegant and timeless in style, which makes people feel unforgettable after reading them.

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Late Spring quotes

  • 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.

  • Shôichi Hattori: Young people have changed so much since our day. Take that bride last night. She comes from a good family, yet she plowed into the food and even drank sake. Gobbling up sashimi with that big painted mouth. I was shocked.

    Shukichi Somiya: Of course she ate. Food was scarce for so long.

    Shôichi Hattori: At my wedding, I was too filled with gratitude to eat a single rice ball.