Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
Direction
Ozu's locked-down camera: furniture mourns more than actors.
Acting
Chishū Ryū's face contains multitudes of repressed love.

Director
Yasujirō Ozu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during wartime mobilization, yet Ozu subtly critiques nationalist 'family values' ideology through Shuhei's impossible choices.
The celebrated 'pillow shots' of empty interiors—Ozu called them 'idling'—were originally practical solutions to cover edit points, then became his signature.
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