Movies, Mom & Me

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Somiya	Setsuko Hara	Noriko Somiya	Yumeji Tsukioka	Aya Kitagawa	Haruko Sugimura	Masa Taguchi
  Hohi Aoki	Katsuyoshi Taguchi	Jun Usami	Shuichi Hattori	Kuniko Miyake	Akiko Miwa	Masao Mishima	Jo Onodera
  Yoshiko Tsubouchi	Kiku Onodera	Yōko Katsuragi	Misako	Toyoko Takahashi	Shige	Jun Tanizaki	Seizo Hayashi

  
    Yôko Benisawa played the Teahouse Proprietess, who figured prominently in the film.
    On November 18, 2019, Wael Khairy wrote this meditation on the films of Yasujirō Ozu. If you have a high appreciation of Ozu's work you might find it interesting to read.
    One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1949
    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.

Labels: chishū-ryū, Criterion8, dramaG, film-art2, yasujirō-ozu

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    Early Spring
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Chikage Awashima	Masako Sugiyama	Ryō Ikebe	Shoji Sugiyama	Keiko Kishi	Chiyo Kaneko/Goldfish	Teiji Takahashi	Taizo Aoki
    Chishū Ryū	Kiichi Onodera	So Yamamura	Yutaka Kawai	Haruko Sugimura	Tamako	Takako Fujino	Terumi Aoki
    Terumi Aoki	Koichi Kitagawa	Kumeko Urabe	Kitagawa	Kuniko Miyake	Yukiko Kawai	Daisuke Katō	Sakamoto

    
      Release Date: 1956
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Tokyo Twilight
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ineko Arima	Akiko Sugiyama	Setsuko Hara	Takako Numata	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Sugiyama	Isuzu Yamada	Kikuko Soma
    Haruko Sugimura	Shigeko Takeuchi	Nobuo Nakamura	Sakae Soma	Kamatari Fujiwara	Noodle Restaurant Owner	Kinzō Shin	Yasuo Numata
    Teiji Takahashi	Noburo Kawaguchi	So Yamamura	Shukichi's Friend	Seiji Miyaguchi	Policeman	Tsûsai Sugawara	Mahjong Parlor Owner

    
      Release Date: 1957
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Equinox Flower
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ineko Arima	Setsuko Hirayama	Fujiko Yamamoto	Yukiko Sasaki	Yoshiko Kuga	Fumiko Mikami	Shin Saburi	Wataru Hirayama
    Wataru Hirayama	Kiyoko Hirayama	Miyuki Kuwano	Hisako Hirayama	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Mikami	Keiji Sada	Masahiko Taniguchi
    Teiji Takahashi	Shotaru Kondo	Chieko Naniwa	Hatsu Sasaki	Fumio Watanabe	RIchiro Nagamura	Nobuo Nakamura	Toshihiko Kawai

    
      Release Date: 1958
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Late Autumn
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Setsuko Hara	Akiko Miwa	Yoko Tsukasa	Ayako Miwa	Mariko Okada	Yuriko Sasaki	Keiji Sada	Shotaru Goto
    Miyuki Kuwano	Michiko	Shin'ichirō Mikami	Koichi	Shin Saburi	Soichi Mamiya	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Miwa
    Nobuo Nakamura	Shuzo Taguchi	Kuniko Miyake	Nobuko	Sadako Sawamura	Fumiko	Ryūji Kita	Seiichiro Hirayama

    
      Release Date: 1960
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    The End of Summer
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Nakamura Ganjirō II	Kohayagawa Manbei	Setsuko Hara	Akiko	Yoko Tsukasa	Noriko	Michiyo Aratama	Fumiko
    Keiju Kobayashi	Hisao	Chieko Naniwa	Sasaki Tsune	Reiko Dan	Yuriko	Haruko Sugimura	Kato Shige
    Hisaya Morishige	Isomura Eiichirou	Daisuke Katō	Kitagawa Yanosuke	Akira Takarada	Teramoto Tadashi	Kyū Sazanka	Yamaguch

    
      Release Date: 1961
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    

Labels: chishū-ryū, Criterion8, yasujirō-ozu

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Keiji Sada	Heiichiro Fukui	Yoshiko Kuga	Setsuko Arita	Chishū Ryū	Keitaro Hayashi	Kuniko Miyake	Tamiko Hayashi
  Haruko Sugimura	Kikue Haraguchi	Shitara Koji	Minoru Hayashi	Masahiko Shimazu	Isamu Hayashi	Kyoko Izumi	Midori Maruyama

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1959
    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.

Labels: chishū-ryū, Criterion6, dramedy3, yasujirō-ozu

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Shin Saburi	Mokichi Satake	Michiyo Kogure	Taeko Satake	Kōji Tsuruta	Non-chan/Noboru Okada	Chishū Ryū	Sadao Hirayama

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1952
    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.

Labels: §3, chishū-ryū, Criterion4, yasujirō-ozu

# posted by gail @ 22:35    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  This movie is the Japanese version of Make Way for Tomorrow. Literally. Ozu admitted, at one time, that he was influenced by Make Way for Tomorrow to create this movie. This is also my favorite Ozu film, if I can be said to have a favorite. I also love Ikiru, although I don't own it (yet), and, of course, I do own An Autumn Afternoon, which I also love. Ozu had a way with the subject of aging. Tokyo Story is never maudlin, never particularly editorial (although, of course, fiercely editorial in the choice of subject matter). Tokyo Story is also not pointedly about aging, but, rather, about inter-generational conflict when aging is involved. And yet, despite its trajectory, it does not strike me as tragic. Perhaps that's because I was my mother's enthusiastic companion through her last almost two decades and subtly nurtured her amazing belief that she was going to live forever in the flesh. She, by the way, informed me that I would also live forever in the flesh, a prophecy that I happily embraced. Are you kidding? The two of us living, together, forever? Oh, my what adventures we'd have (to misquote Dr. Seuss)!
    Roger Ebert was so impressed with the movie that he wrote two reviews of it: the second, a "Great Movies" review, linked to the title of this post and the first, his review after the first time he saw it, which is linked a bit further down in this post. They are somewhat similar, but I think any readers will get a kick out of comparing the two.
    In addition, the cinematography and the choices made in regard to connecting scenes are intuitively brilliant, from my perspective. The mood is preserved, throughout, by these delicate, connecting links in the chain of the story.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Chishū Ryū	Shūkichi Hirayama	Chieko Higashiyama	Tami Hirayama	Setsuko Hara	Noriko Hirayama	Haruko Sugimura	Shige Kaneko
  So Yamamura	Kōichi Hirayama	Kuniko Miyake	Fumiko Hirayama	Kyōko Kagawa	Kyōko Hirayama	Eijirō Tōno	Sanpei Numata
  Nobuo Nakamura	Kurazō Kaneko	Shirō Ōsaka	Keizō Hirayama	Hisao Toake	Osamu Hattori	Teruko Nagaoka	Yone Hattori

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1953
    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.

Labels: §1, aging, chishū-ryū, Criterion1, drama2, film-art1, psychological1, spiritual1, yasujirō-ozu

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  Commentary:  Although I am a staunch fan of Ozu's movies and have seen several, this is the only one I own, so far. Inexpensive copies are few and hard to find. I looked for some at Hastings' going-out-of-business sale. This is the only one I found, in mint condition. I suspect the previous owner probably bought the movie by mistake. This is Ozu's last and, if I can be said to have favorites of his movies, it is one of them. As a follower of his movies, I've developed an ability to detect his changing moods through his work. This is the last and most precious, and I'm not using that word in a satirically critical manner. Hopefully this won't be the last Ozu film in my collection.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Chishū Ryū	Shūhei Hirayama	Shima Iwashita	Michiko Hirayama	Keiji Sada	Kōichi Hirayama	Mariko Okada	Akiko Hirayama
  Teruo Yoshida	Yutaka Miura	Noriko Maki	Fusako Taguchi	Shin'ichirō Mikami	Kazuo Hirayama	Nobuo Nakamura	Shūzō Kawai
  Kuniko Miyake	Nobuko Kawai	Eijirō Tōno	Seitarō Sakuma	Haruko Sugimura	Tomoko Sakuma	Kyōko Kishida	Kaoru Proprietor

  
    One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of this film.
    Release Date: 1962
    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.

Labels: §2, chishū-ryū, Criterion2, drama5, me-favorite1, yasujirō-ozu

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