Synopsis
The first of many films featuring the endearing single-dad Kihachi (played wonderfully by Takeshi Sakamoto), Passing Fancy is a humorous and heartfelt study of a close, if fraught, father-son relationship. With an ever more sophisticated visual style and understanding of fragile human relationships, Ozu seamlessly weaves rib-tickling comedy and weighty family drama for this distinguished precursor to a brilliant career.
Cast
| Kihachi | Takeshi Sakamoto |
| Tomio | Tokkan Kozou |
| Harue | Nobuko Fushimi |
| Jiro | Den Obinata |
| Otome | Chouko Iida |
Credits
| Director | Yasujiro Ozu |
| Screenplay | Tadao Ikeda |
| Cinematography | Hideo Shigehara |
| Editing | Kazuo Ishikawa |
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Eclipse Series 10:
Silent Ozu—Three Family Comedies
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There’s an irony to the fact that Japanese master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu lived his life as a bachelor, for he made some of the world’s most insightful, lived-in, and emotionally authentic films about marriage and parenthood. Today he is primarily known for his late-career family portraits, such...
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