- Essentially it’s a remake of Late Spring from 1949- one of Ozu’s classics. Changes are that it’s in color (of course this is his stretch of his late five color films), it’s a daughter/mother (instead of daughter/father), and the matchmaker isn’t one woman but three men this time. Setsuko Hara, Interestingly enough, flips the role and instead of playing daughter to Ryu she is the mother
- Red water tower opening shot and then interior with those Shoji sliding doors framing within frame
- Starts at a ceremony- memorial for dead friend of three men (and Hara’s husband)—great day for night blue pillow shot of a bridge- couldn’t find pic online
- Orange pop, johnny walker red label and green grapes as they sit
- The narrative is familiar- even on top of essentially being a remake- it’s about marriage, obligation, social custom
- Beautiful sea of lime green at the dressmaking school- gorgeous
- I think for critics and cineaphiles that are more narratively driven – Ozu could be getting repetitive—remakes (second one in two years with Floating Weeds)—but for those driven by style it doesn’t get old
- Green exterior on the hiking trip– green island
- Green tinting in light—we have lighting as mise-en-scene!!
- Gorgeous alley signage mise-en-scene
- Middle class affluence struggle—golf clubs, movies—Ozu’s modernity has progressed with time from pre-war, to WWII, to after to now 1960 on the rebound
- More comedic than late spring
- Beautiful girl (I think Miyuki Kuwano) taking the three men out and out-drinking them- she’s hilarious
- Peaceful resort/vacation interrupted by loud tourists like Tokyo Story
- The two women, dressed the same, in parallel at different depths of field
- Very heavy on the greens—bridesmaids dresses in lime
- Gorgeous day for night bridge again at the end- another ritual meeting- this time it’s not the opening memorial but the wedding of Yôko Tsukasa’s “Ayako”—the three friends celebrating their plan and triumph/meddling and the victim here- Hara—this time she gets the final understated painful moment and nails it
- HR
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