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"Important things are hard to say."

1959 1h 34m JA

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7.7

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CERTIFIED FRESH

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7.8

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★7.7TMDB · 332🍅94%Rotten Tomatoes●87Metacritic★7.8IMDB · 12,149

ComedyFamilyDrama

Synopsis

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Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do exactly that--refusing to utter a word. The boys' silence ultimately puts the whole neighborhood into turmoil.

“Important things are hard to say.”

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Cast

Keiji Sada
Heiichiro Fukui
Yoshiko Kuga
Setsuko Arita
Chishū Ryū
Keitaro Hayashi
Kuniko Miyake
Tamiko Hayashi
Haruko Sugimura
Kikue Haraguchi
Kōji Shitara
Minoru Hayashi
Masahiko Shimazu
Isamu Hayashi
Kyōko Izumi
Midori Maruyama

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Writers: Kōgo Noda, Yasujirō Ozu
Languages: Japanese, English
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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67 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, shot by Yûharu Atsuta. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Toshirō Mayuzumi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshiyasu Hamamura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Keiji Sada and Yoshiko Kuga and Chishū Ryū carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Important things are hard to say.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0053134 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yasujirō Ozu directs. Yûharu Atsuta behind the camera. Toshirō Mayuzumi scores. Yoshiyasu Hamamura cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

167 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.
3Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, shot by Yûharu Atsuta. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Toshirō Mayuzumi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Yoshiyasu Hamamura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Keiji Sada and Yoshiko Kuga and Chishū Ryū carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Important things are hard to say.".
8IMDB entry: tt0053134 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 23 themes, including "japan", "parent child relationship", "brotherhood", "protest".
10Released under 10 different titles around the world.