Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Watched out Decembers 17-23, 2007 (part of two): Ozu and Suzuki

Nagaya shinshiroku/die recording of a housing gentleman (Yasujiro Ozu, postwar film 1947)Ozu's first (after a 5-Jahr-Abstand in its career) one employed by Japan, were operated (and of few ensured over) social problems -- the existence of many homeless children, who either war Orphans or differently lost or abandoned were. Here one young boy, six or so the years old (Hohi Aoki) by Chishu Ryu were found (fortunes a storyteller of kind playing). If it gets boy the house to the house, in which it rents an area, wears its owner (Reikichi Kawamura) no interest, a strewing child to accommodate. The two decide decide then to the palm the boy away on the griesgraemigen owner of shop, who lives over the road (Choko Iida). Iida does not have enthusiasm for the request, but consents. It is chagrined, in order to find the fact that the boy still the bed at night -- wet-makes and tries to seek out the missing father of the boy down. _ no luck in this effort, in it and in the boy return have home. After it wet-makes the bed again, the boy runs away. Iida, feeling guiltily, looks wildly (however fruitlessly for it) -- however late this night Ryu (the boy find in the same place had it it first found), gets, it, decides back.Iida that she should accept the homeless boy in reality -- to the maintenance of her relatively childhood friend (Mitsuko Yoshikawa), who nontheless seems, this effort to approve (and somewhat financial support gives). To the acquisition to the new clothes and a Outing to the zoo, Iida go and the boy having a "made family" photo. That night represents however apologizes the father of the boy above at its house and for so long took, to it to find (and exactly describing its own hopeless looking for). Iida sends stoically the pair away (with new cap, cardigan, books etc.), after it asked it to visit it now and then. Their neighbours are surprised on, as Iida over the cases of the evening distraught is. They attribute it to tear their loss of the boy, but them persist that it is really crying because of their uncharitable thoughts over the "lost" father (whom she assumed from leaving the boy), her discovered to have been justified. She then explains it that this carries out the neighbours (and by extension, the public) now it the value of doing something over all lost and abandoned children. She can at least find another boy, who does not have a family at all and him to assume. The neighbours are a point, that by their dissolution are astonished (and the free implicatiuon that they also their obligations to the all too many homeless children of Tokyo do not have follow skillfully), but Ryu show them in the best direction, in order to find a needy Orphan. The film closes with shots of the homeless boys, who stroll over the statue of Saigo (in the Ueno park -- near the zoo, which was visited early in film).This first the postwar film, a new beginning and the end of one era represented. It was, essentially, a locking reunification of most Ozus of the Vorkriegsrepertoirefirma -- and its last study of the lower function category environment, which was a regular topic in its films of the early (to the center) thirties. Takeshi Sakamoto forms a last appearance as letter, the Kihachi is called (one of neighbour Iidas playing, a fabric coloring material with a flowering family, which serves as head neighbourhood of the committee). While Sakamoto in a further Ozu would appear film, this was the last Ozu appearance for Iida and Yoshikawa (its employer-employee relationship to Ozu back that to nearly 20 years).Ozu's film received very little support from its output public expanded. A good work of employing the abandoned and suspended children did not settle the Japanese government (and the public) in the years after the war. Like the film, which, normal people was suggested, also on money and material goods seemed concentrated, in order to steer much attention on annoying things like homeless children. It would seem that public this daily likewise had no interest, on of a moral obligation to be reminded, which they wore little interest to fulfill. Despite many charm of the film it was near remarkable at one flop.Unfortunately, Nagaya shinshiroku also more received little respect in the west for many years. It was probably first Anderson one and Richies Japanese mentioned here in film (1959). However it seems that author had also not seen really the film. The title was translated into English wrongly, be based on mis reading the names as "Nagaya shinshi roku" (recording of a housing gentleman) in place of of the correct "Nagaya shinshiroku" (A, which has, whom the dwelling). Even worse, the Plot was total misdescribed: [ the film} was approximately one many homeless boys, who roamed across the roads directly after the war. The boy meets his father, but rejects him finally, over away on hids to go possesses and to live its own lifeAs seen above, this description has practically no similarity too, which really in received short Beichte of the film takes place film.This Ozus also inside in Ozu Richies (1974): It was forming also the first and last mark Ozu can be gotten caught, a head nodding in the direction of the civil effort, an idea, which is imported, from the foreign country enjoyed a short popularity during occupation. At the end of the illustration, decides from middle age [ Protagonist ], to love a center for war Orphans as to be opened, it had come. This improbable, one could do un-Japanese, resolution nearly says ruined nearly film.Audie support, in its Japanese directors of film (1979) continued the western letter away of this film, on the same erroneous basis as Richie -- that the decision was Iidas, to an orphanage at the end to open like that the "un-Japanese". Noel Burch, writing the distant observer into the same year in its, was more barmherziger to the film -- he found him, around one of the few Nachkriegsozu of films to be to the credit each possible trace of the value Ozus of the Vorkriegsarbeit (Burch regarded most Nachkriegsozu of films "De-vitalisiert to become", because of fossilization by kind the Ozus, and therefore usable only for "the maintenance and edification was dilettante").It to seem that the first American master long film defamed by Ozus David on-boardwave was. Its 1988, Ozu and the Poetics of the cinema, Bodwell noticed: If Ozu had formed only minuzioesen film for these seventy-two, he would have to be regarded the large directors.Finally the world, in its one hundred years of the Japanese film (2001), Donald Richie formed compensation for its earlier dismissal of Nagaya shinshiroku and would now call it "by Ozus most perfect domestic comedies". Today each possible projector (if multi-region DVD the capacity plays) has to be (or it) opportunity to possess to judge earnings/services of this film. While the film has to select on DVD to represent already above in the United States, there are two English with sub-titles provided versions, to -- from a passable panorama release of Hong Kong and even better from of Tartan (Great Britain). I assume that criterion an expenditure above in North America one these notice years.On last show, fans of Takeshi Kitanos Kikujiro, could this film find to interest particularly. This modern film of a griesgraemigen individual (Kitano as slight wash above yakuza) saddled with the job of interesting in one unprepossessing young boys shows more than some echoes Nagaya shinshiroku.Hishu Ozus of monogatari/von history ensures and sadness (being June Suzuki, 1977)I form no requirement of the Suzuki expertise. I found its pistol opera strange, but (mostly) loved intriguing and I its Operetta tanuki positively goten (princess Raccoon), my contemporary Filmlieblingsmusikal (step Burton and Sondheim). Beyond that I do not know anything however rumors.This earlier Suzuki film, those promisingly above -- as if the modern business to be started (and announcing) in the vein of Masumuras of brutal black comedy Giants and Toys send (1958). Here some opportunistic businessmen decide to maintain a pretty unprofessional gulf player as gulf playing star in order to draw use from their potential with kind and way announcing. The draft works -- for one while -- and then their lucky victim will dispensable.This film begins to receive very strange approximately middle continuous thing and then becomes simply ever occasionally. Additionally to the Hauptplot (and to the romantic misfortunes of the heroine), there is a younger school boy brother with a very strange friend and one much fear seed neighbour, that takes generally ever more control over the zerbroeckelnden life of the heroine. To end the film has, totally to run away road.Unfortunately, is much of the contingency in the last part of the film simply not completely more interesting that, either in history or sight pictures expressed. The engaging aspect of the film for me was the presence of the veteran actor Shuji Sano in its last role (it would die the following year) -- there for A grizzled gulf specialist, who took badly, its loved sport an announcing opportunity.The to make is present on DVD with English sub-titles -- of the panorama (HK). unfortunately, this is a pretty terrible release. A disappointing release of a film even more disappointing.
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