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trolley freak
14Aug11
Mizoguchi's regular leading lady Kinuyo Tanaka also featured regularly for Ozu and for me she gives one of her best performances in this atypical film from the Master. She plays a mother with the dilemma of how to pay for her young son's medical bills when he becomes seriously ill. The decision she makes has serious repercussions when her husband returns after several years away at war. One of Ozu's darkest films....
Rohit Apte
19Jul11
Ozu offers us a dilemma in the life of a couple where each one could be considered at fault and at the same time victims of a tragic situation. We can neither take sides nor justify their actions. We can only marvel at their honesty and love for each other that overcomes this intensely emotional phase in their life.
arsaib
11Jan11
One of the more undervalued Ozu films, A Hen in the Wind offers a bleak but compassionate picture of postwar Japanese masculinity and of the ordeals faced by those at home during and after the war. The scene in which Tanaka's husband confronts her about what she had to do in his absence in order to save their child's life is harrowing in its intensity. (Currently only available on Region-3 DVD by Panorama-Hong Kong.)
