75-year-old Chishū Ryū wants to cheat? The audacity, the chaos, the yakuza.
An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of cheating with a young girl. He goes on a trip with the girl, but they are followed by a yakuza and all hell breaks loose.
Acting
Chishū Ryū's face doing 35 years of repression in 95 minutes.
Direction
Ichimura pivots from Ozu-adjacent domesticity to yakuza chase absurdism.
Writing
The premise commits so hard it loops back to tragedy.
Director
Hirokazu Ichimura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's economic boom when 'respectable' salaryman life was being questioned; the film weaponizes Chishū Ryū's established 'good dad' persona from Ozu films.
Chieko Baisho was 22 playing opposite 60-year-old Ryū; she became a major star while this film remains nearly impossible to find outside Japan.
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