Continue reading →One of Ozu’s more complex treatments on the institution of marriage, with a standout performance by the legendary Setsuko Hara.
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Kuei Mei, a Woman (1985)
A solidly-acted story of one woman trying to raise her family despite all odds, in what could be Taiwan New Cinema director Chang Yi’s finest work.
Dead Pigs (2018)
Continue reading →Clearly an ambitious first feature, and it mostly hits the right spots in this ‘Magnolia’-inspired ensemble drama about China at the crossroads of modernity.
Tokyo Story (1953)
Continue reading →Ozu’s crowning achievement is a true triumph of life-affirming, humanist filmmaking.
Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice, The (1952)
Continue reading →For fans, this lesser Ozu is still worth a pop in what is a leisurely-paced, relatively loosely-plotted, if slightly overdrawn drama about a middle-aged couple’s marital crisis.
Late Spring (1949)
Continue reading →Ozu’s first true masterpiece is a highly-resonant and poignant tale of a father and daughter reluctantly trying to let go of each other.
Guilty, The (2018)
This high-concept thriller set in an emergency call room, and in real-time, delivers the requisite tension with just words over the phone.
Bigger Splash, A (2015)
Continue reading →An alluring, and at times, erotically-charged work that sees some extremely fine acting by its quartet of star performers.
Cesar (1936)
Continue reading →Rounds off the trilogy with the beloved characters having aged… and having lived in this bittersweet finale.
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
Continue reading →A lesser known work by Ozu that is an astute observation of a self-centered society.
