As always with Ozu, I found an awful lot to like about this movie, but I wasn't quite enamored enough to gush over it. Most of the core cast is superb, although it's not Ozu's usual team. Michiyo Kogure might be a little too nasty, but I have to say it's kind of refreshing to see a less restrained character in an Ozu film. Perhaps the film wraps up too nicely and neatly, but I wouldn't say it's entirely unwarranted. At any rate, I enjoyed the film with its insights and gentle humor.

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Ozu's stories are so simple, that it gets almost banal. But the magic about it is the straight way he puts you inside old Japanese everyday. Plus, every scene, I mean EVERY scene looks like a picture. He was very methodic about the movie's framing.