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mariocki · 6 years ago

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Shukujo Wa Nani O Wasureta Ka (What Did The Lady Forget?, 1937)

"That's something you don't understand yet, Setsuko. It so happens that some men treat their wives badly, but that's not a good thing. Wives should be respected."

#shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka #what did the lady forget?#yasujirô ozu #japanese cinema #1937 #michiko kuwano #shûji sano #chôko iida #masao hayama #tatsuo saitô #tomio aoki #sumiko kurishima #a delightful warm comedy about love and marriage #of the ozu films i've seen this is perhaps the most straightforwardly cheerful #although relatively early in the director's career #or at least in his sound films #a lot of the hallmarks of his style are there #including framing shots from floor level #and a very typically ozu scene set at a theatre #in which we see nothing of the stage at all #instead the camera is trained on thef backs of the heads of the audience #it also feels like an ozu stroke of genius to feature a love story between two young romantic leads #which would be the focus of most other directors film #and keep it so far in the background that it only becomes evident at the very end of the film #instead the focus is on saitô's downtrodden but kindly professor of medicine #he's absolutely wonderful in a very understated subtle performance #the influence of the american screwball comedy is apparent in some of the drinking scenes and in the liberated #and carefree character of setsuko #kuwano is almost channeling audrey hepburn before anyone knew who hepburn was #she's absolutely delightful but really so is everything about this film

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