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Shochiku | Release Date: September 25, 1974 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
An unusual subject for Ozu, white-collar adultery, handled with his customary deep observation. [28 Jan 2005, p.C2]
91
IndieWireOliver Lyttelton
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. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNora Sayre
This modest classic also conveys the claustrophobia of office life better than any other film I've seen. Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard Brody
Ozu’s despairing view of postwar Japan looks as harshly at blind modernization as it does at decadent tradition. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Ozu's depiction of marital difficulties is hardly depressing. Instead he employs his signature warmth, sensitivity, and humor to create a touching, thoughtful film. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderDon Druker
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. Read full review
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
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. Read full review
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