Yasujiro Ozu on "Autumn in the Kobayakawa Family"

Thurman 2022-08-28 21:36:35

From "The Philosophy of the Tofu Maker":

Noda Kee: In Polygonum's diary, Ozu-kun wrote: "In the thirty-sixth year of the Showa era, from Shanghuan to Polygonum in February, I lived in hibernation and conceived the script of "Autumn in the Kobayakawa Family". Usually, there are few visitors, and they sing and dance before they get drunk. Therefore, the work has made great progress, and the manuscript is unwritten on April 21." This is Toho's work by Takarazuka, photographed by Asaichi Nakai. The staff were all from the Dongbao system, and they didn't bring anyone from the big boat, but everyone worked really hard. Ozu-kun once said happily that the inspiration for the story came from a true story: a woman who often visited Tateshina, his father suddenly fell ill due to a myocardial infarction, the sons and daughters gathered together worriedly, after a night, Father suddenly recovered.

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  • Fumiko, eldest daughter: With so many captains, this ship will end up in the mountains.

  • Akiko: Then what?

    Noriko, second daughter: He ate everything that they put in front of him. Then he loosened his belt! He ate so much.

    Akiko: He must have been famished.

    Noriko, second daughter: I suppose. After the dinner at the hotel, we were walking through Nakanoshima.

    Akiko: You two were alone?

    Noriko, second daughter: Yes, everyone insisted.

    Akiko: I see. What happened.

    Noriko, second daughter: He asked me if I disliked Western cuisine. So, I said, "What about you?" And after all that food, he said he isn't too fond of it! Such a peculiar man!