Synopsis
A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
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Cast
- Chikage AwashimaMasako Sugiyama
- Ryō IkebeShôji Sugiyama
- Takako FujinoTerumi Aoki
- Daisuke KatōSakamoto
- Keiko KishiChiyo Kaneko
- Kuniko MiyakeYukiko Kawai
- Chishū RyūKiichi Onodera
- Haruko SugimuraTamako Tamura
- Teiji TakahashiTaizo Aoki
- Masami TauraKoichi Kitagawa
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Tribune
An unusual subject for Ozu, white-collar adultery, handled with his customary deep observation. [28 Jan 2005, p.C2] - 91
IndieWire
Feeling as his films often do, both traditional and surprisingly ahead of its time, it’s one of the best films ever made on the subject of infidelity and marriage. - 80
The New York Times
This modest classic also conveys the claustrophobia of office life better than any other film I've seen. - 80
The New Yorker
Ozu’s despairing view of postwar Japan looks as harshly at blind modernization as it does at decadent tradition. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Ozu's depiction of marital difficulties is hardly depressing. Instead he employs his signature warmth, sensitivity, and humor to create a touching, thoughtful film. - 70
Chicago Reader
This 1956 feature, a casual yet meticulously detailed reconstruction of Japan’s routinized white-collar milieu, was Yasujiro Ozu’s first film after the exquisite Tokyo Story, as well as one of his longest works. - 70
Time Out
Ozu's pessimism is deeply reactionary, and the idiosyncrasy of his methods is more interesting for its exoticism than anything else; but anyone who finds the socio-psychological problems of post-war Japan engaging will find the movie both fascinating and rather moving, simply as evidence.
