You should probably watch this if you have a soft spot for early Japanese cinema or if you just want to see Kinuyo Tanaka before she became a total legend. It is definitely for the patient crowd who doesn't mind reading intertitles and staring at grainy black-and-white faces for an hour. If you hate slow movies where ...
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"You should probably watch this if you have a soft spot for early Japanese cinema or if you just want to see Kinuyo Tanaka before she became a total legend. It is definitely for the patient crowd who doesn't mind reading intertitles and staring at grainy black-and-white faces for an hour. If you hate slow movies where people talk about 'honor' and 'shame' every five minutes, you will probably want to skip this one. It feels very much of its time, which can be a bit much if you aren't in the righ..."
Fumiko Okamura
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1931 · IMDb 7.1
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