Shin Saburi

Late Autumn

Admin — Sun, 13 Nov 1960 00:00:00 +0000

The great actress and Ozu regular Setsuko Hara plays a mother gently trying to persuade her daughter to marry in this glowing portrait of family love and conflict—a reworking of Ozu’s 1949 masterpiece Late Spring.

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Admin — Wed, 01 Oct 1952 00:00:00 +0000

A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis of sorts.

There Was a Father

Admin — Wed, 01 Apr 1942 00:00:00 +0000

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Admin — Sat, 01 Mar 1941 00:00:00 +0000

After the death of her husband, Mrs Toda and her youngest daughter receive a frosty welcome from the extended family.

The Masseurs and a Woman

Admin — Thu, 07 Jul 1938 00:00:00 +0000

A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising humor, Hiroshi Shimizu paints a timeless portrait of loneliness and the human need to connect.

Burden of Life

Admin — Tue, 10 Dec 1935 00:00:00 +0000

Family drama. A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted. (British Film Institute)