I don't know if I'm being too harsh on these early Yasujiro Ozu films, but they just haven't really been doing the job for me. I don't think the really early ones are anywhere close in quality to his later ones, and it's also hard to draw many comparisons between his very early films and those later ones.
Watching a filmmaker's early stuff can be rewarding, even if the films are flawed, if you can watch their style take shape... but in 1929/1930, I feel maybe it was still at least a few years away from happening for Ozu. I might try one more of his films from this era before going back to his later period; could well be worth watching a filmography like this backwards, who knows.
Watching a filmmaker's early stuff can be rewarding, even if the films are flawed, if you can watch their style take shape... but in 1929/1930, I feel maybe it was still at least a few years away from happening for Ozu. I might try one more of his films from this era before going back to his later period; could well be worth watching a filmography like this backwards, who knows.