The happy familial life of Noriko (Setsuko Hara) and her windowed father, Shukichi (Chishu Ryu), starts to get bumpy when he tries to marry her off. The father wants to do the best for her daughter and she does not want to abandon her father. Yasujiro Ozu's brilliant depiction of post-war Japanese life, which is at heart a very simple story. But when told by Ozu it turns into something else.
Rating: * * +
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