What movie did YOU just FINISH watching?
Oct 10, 2018 2:04:47 GMT
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Oct 10, 2018 2:04:47 GMT
Late Spring (1949), directed by Yasujiro Ozu, with Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, along with Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura. DVR’d from TCM telecast a while back; first-time viewing.
Interesting work by Ozu that details the plight of widowed Mr. Somiya (Chishu Ryu) who has a 27 year-old daughter, Noriko (Setsuko Hara) who he feels needs to be married off already. This poses a difficult situation for both of them: the daughter is so devoted to her father that she seems to go about life in a dreamlike trance, doing little else than taking care of dad without complaint. She has absolutely no interest in love or marriage.
The widower father, who’s clearly a bit of an absent-minded professor type, can hardly afford to part with such a dedicated and capable helper as his daughter. But in both his heart and mind, long-honored Japanese tradition and custom must prevail, and as a dutiful parent, he therefore endeavors to get his daughter to the marriage alter one way or another. Without revealing too much, I’ll just say that some trickery is involved.
It makes for a compelling movie: somewhat sweet, somewhat sad, at times even a bit surreal, as the whole concept of arranged marriages is probably pretty foreign to most modern viewers. Also of note is that the film was written and shot during the post-WWII Allied Powers' Occupation of Japan and was subject to the Occupation's official censorship requirements. For those interested, details on this censorship, as well as many other facets of the film, can be found in a very good Wiki entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Spring
Interesting work by Ozu that details the plight of widowed Mr. Somiya (Chishu Ryu) who has a 27 year-old daughter, Noriko (Setsuko Hara) who he feels needs to be married off already. This poses a difficult situation for both of them: the daughter is so devoted to her father that she seems to go about life in a dreamlike trance, doing little else than taking care of dad without complaint. She has absolutely no interest in love or marriage.
The widower father, who’s clearly a bit of an absent-minded professor type, can hardly afford to part with such a dedicated and capable helper as his daughter. But in both his heart and mind, long-honored Japanese tradition and custom must prevail, and as a dutiful parent, he therefore endeavors to get his daughter to the marriage alter one way or another. Without revealing too much, I’ll just say that some trickery is involved.
It makes for a compelling movie: somewhat sweet, somewhat sad, at times even a bit surreal, as the whole concept of arranged marriages is probably pretty foreign to most modern viewers. Also of note is that the film was written and shot during the post-WWII Allied Powers' Occupation of Japan and was subject to the Occupation's official censorship requirements. For those interested, details on this censorship, as well as many other facets of the film, can be found in a very good Wiki entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Spring