

Is this worth watching today? Only if you have a soft spot for grainy black-and-white movies where the jokes are mostly people tripping over their own feet. If you are a film student trying to see everything Ozu ever touched, you will probably find it charming. Anyone who needs a plot that actually makes sense should ...


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Yasujirō Ozu

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"Is this worth watching today? Only if you have a soft spot for grainy black-and-white movies where the jokes are mostly people tripping over their own feet. If you are a film student trying to see everything Ozu ever touched, you will probably find it charming. Anyone who needs a plot that actually makes sense should probably skip this one. It is a bit of a mess, but a fun kind of mess. 🎃 The movie is called Pumpkin, which is a weird name for a movie that is mostly about a guy who can't get h..."
Yasujirō Ozu, Komatsu Kitamura
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