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Kaze no naka no mendori (1948)

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User Rating: 7.8/10 (129 votes)

Overview

Director:
Yasujiro Ozu
Writers:
Yasujiro Ozu (writer)
Ryosuke Saito (writer)
Release Date:
17 September 1948 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
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Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
Atypical Ozu more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Kinuyo Tanaka ... Tokiko Amamiya
Shûji Sano ... Shuichi Amamiya
Chieko Murata ... Akiko Ida
Chishu Ryu ... Kazuichiro Satake
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hohi Aoki ... Shoichi
Chiyoko Ayatani ... Fusako Onada
Reiko Mizukami ... Orie Noma
Takeshi Sakamoto ... Hikozo Sakai
Eiko Takamatsu ... Tsune
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Hen in the Wind
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Runtime:
USA:84 min | Japan:84 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ikite wa mita keredo - Ozu Yasujirô den (1983) more

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Atypical Ozu, 22 May 2003
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Author: Michael Kerpan (kerpan) from New England

Ozu's late film are far more varied than "common wisdom" would have it -- but, by any measure, "Hen in the Wind" (from 1948) is especially "atypical". This is the only Ozu film I've seen (out of 21 or 20) that has a tangible (and even raw) physicality -- it is more like proto-Imamura than "standard" Ozu (no -- Imamura was not yet working as Ozu's assistant -- that only began around 1951). Characters crawl, slither, and slide about. Sometimes, visually oversized bare feet stick into the foreground. Kinuyo Tanaka loses all self possession at the climax, and practically keens her dialog -- at a much higher pitch than I've ever heard her use in any other film.

This is an interesting story that deals with the collateral damage caused by WW2 (and the ensuing occupation) -- as it affected the lives of one young married couple. It was a flop with the audience, I guess -- so it became a path not traveled further. Artistically, it may not be completely successful, but it was a worthy effort.

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