#Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka

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#shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka #ozu yasujirō #fredric march

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Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka (Ozu Yasujirō, 1937)

#shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka #ozu yasujirō #kuwano michiko #gif #1937

[asbestoe]

Michiko Kuwano in What Did the Lady Forget? (Yasujirô Ozu, 1937)

#Michiko Kuwano #what did the lady forget #Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka #Yasujirô Ozu #1937 #1930's_movies

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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

[rachelmygod]

Ozu likes Dietrich

#Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka #what did the lady forget? #Yasujiro Ozu #michiko kuwano

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Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka (What Did the Lady Forget?). Yasujirō Ozu. 1937.

#Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka #What Did the Lady Forget #Michiko Kuwano #Yasujiro Ozu #Ozu Yasujiro #1937

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Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka (Ozu Yasujirō, 1937)

#shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka #ozu yasujirō #1937

[asbestoe]

“I drink upon occasion, sometimes upon no occasion”.

The quote fron Don Quixote in two of Ozu’s bars.

What Did the Lady Forget (1937) and

The Munekata sisters (1950)  Munekata kyodai

#What Did the Lady Forget #Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka #Munekata kyodai #munekata sisters #Yasujirô Ozu #1937 #1950 #1930's_movies #1950s_movies #compare #Don_Quixote #Kinuyo Tanaka