Higanbana 1958

Critics score:
86 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: One of Ozu's least dark comedies, which is not to say that it's carefree, but, rather, that it's gentle and amused in the way that it acknowledges time's passage, the changing of values and the adjustments that must be made between generations. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: This 1958 film by Yasujiro Ozu (his first in color) is gentle, spare, and ultimately elusive, in a quietly satisfying way. Read more

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