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matty5190

17Sep11

This is my new filmic obsession, right here.

I think it says a lot about the film where it seems like nothing has happened really yet so much has and you have to think about it for days and days and realize how much of a masterpiece this film is.

Kid Sisyphus

6May11

Beautiful and touching. I also like how Noriko smiles when she insults people.

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Valentina Sanchez

8Apr11

Saw this beautiful film the night before the Earthquake in Japan, went to sleep with images of the Japanese sea in my mind and woke up to images of a devastated Japan....

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Darius Buinauskas

21Jan11

One of the most beautiful pieces of cinema I have ever seen

Mysterious F.

12Jan11

Perfect.

Chocnut

30Dec10

Glad to have seen this while I'm 22!

Atoms For Peace

20Dec10

"Happiness comes only through effort". I discovered a very subtle artist who is clearly at the root of modern cinema. 5 stars

EastyBoy

17Oct10

While I wasn't touched by this film in the way that others were, I really love Ozu's style of filmmaking and the characters and environment he depicts.

JOE L.

26Aug10

One of my personal favorite movies, LS is touching, moving, heartbreaking and gentle without being sappy or melodramatic. The mise-en-scene is beautifully layered, suggesting how society represses and compresses the independence of Hara's heroine and the performances are lovely. Ozu is a poet and this movie, along with TOKYO STORY, shows why.

Th MZA

19Aug10

Love that the entire story hinges on one close-up.

Savannah

19Jul10

Patient, tender, frank, and sympathetic. Ozu was a master of unraveling the overlooked heartbreak that is built into society.

Jack Lehtonen

6Jul10

One of the most purely poetic, beautifully emotional films ever crafted. Ozu was an absolute genius.

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All Is Grace

1Jul10

I fell in love with this emotional, beautiful portrait of life. Ozu was a true artist.

Cremildo

26Jun10

I really think this packs a bigger emotional punch and feels more complete an experience than TOKYO STORY, his "official" masterpiece.

GIANT COCK EATER

21Jun10

I love this movie so much. I can't really put it into adequate words. It literally gets better every time I watch it. I bow to Ozu, one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

Devon Hansen

5Jun10

And I thought Tokyo Story was good. This is my favorite Ozu as well. Nearly cried at the apple scene, and movies never make me cry.

rajiv ibrahim

14May10

my favorite ozu so far

gory™

18Apr10

just by remembering the father's advice to her daughter, my tears drop what a great film this is...

johnnyd

12Apr10

Beautiful, touching and intimate. I love that Ozu shows just as much respect and reverence for inanimate objects as for his characters. Locations and objects are given onscreen time and allowed to "react" to the events (a magazine falling over, a clock striking). Chishu Ryu is just adorable and drew me in from his first scene. However, like Setsuko Hara, his smiley exterior belies complex acting and real emotion.

Genaro Navarro

5Mar10

This film begins with pure contemplative images, but They are put in a very virtous way, and for me, one the most beautiful and talented introductory scenes. Then when the problems emerge the images get a melancholic feeling, the images are filled with emotions, maybe from the characters but also from your own emotions, the images obtain a new meaning.

H. K. ‡

19Dec09

Late Spring becomes consistently more involving from start to finish, provides great insight into life, love and happiness, never ceases to surprise or amaze and all while never hitting a false note or resorting to clichés or contrivances. To find one of these qualities in a film is rare. To find all is nothing short of an artistic miracle.