Tag: Transience

• Tears at a Noh Play in Yasujirō Ozu’s “Late Spring”

  

  There is a certain sadness that permeates Ozu’s films, of the passing of time and an era; of transience, of a time that will be long gone, but needs to be preserved. This is most particularly true for his so-called “Noriko Trilogy”, which stars Setsuko Hara, Ozu’s muse; Last Spring is a part of the […]

  Vigour of Film Lines

  October 28, 2017

  Cinema of Japan, Yasujirō Ozu

  Art, Change, Culture, Devotion, Family, Japanese, Love, Philosophy, Sacrifice, Tradition, Transience