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[SogniAzzurri]

@kassandrasduplex I totally agree, I love Japanese cinema on the whole but Ozu was just unique. Warm regards :-)

[SogniAzzurri]

A true small gem, absolutely perfect and so very Japanese in the spirit. Ozu was really The Director. Unsurpassable... Thank you so much for sharing.

[kassandrasduplex]

If one were marooned on a desert island with a video monitor, a player of some kind and a selection of films, those of Yasujiro Ozu would be all he needed. Ozu's work continues to touch our lives for the better. Bless his spirit.

[kassandrasduplex]

@s4mth16ngstr24nge This 1947 masterpiece of Yasujiro Ozu was a call to the survivors of the total war to take in the war orphans. Imagine, a widow and an orphan brought together apparently accidentally. We aren't so sure by the end of the film. Ozu was too good a film maker and much too subtle to throw "tacked-on endings".

The "tacked-on ending" was what the film was all about. But for those who didn't experience the holocaust that was Japan in 1945 that point might not be readily accessible.

[Sohave]

@crow1938 God question.

[SocraticTruths]

People don't change that quickly. The ending was definitely rushed. I guess this was the Japanese version of the Hollywood ending.

[crow1938]

After 60 years, where are the war orphans today?

[foff0ffo]

「長屋紳士録」も「風の中の牝鶏」も、野田高梧と強力な協調関係­を築く前の作品だからこそ、逆に戦後のネガティブな心のしこりを­昇華したいという（彼らの）切実な思いが如実に表れているようで­、大変興味深い作品でした。上野公園の戦災孤児達は、一体何処へ­行ってどうなったんだか気になります‥。

[s4mth16ngstr24nge]

the "children are marvellous" bit is an unnescessary spelling out of the conclusion/s the audience should reach after seeing this film. leave something for the imagination, let the viewer deduct that on their own. besides this tacked-on end statement, though, a charming, truly humanistic film.