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Banshun (1949) Rank 5 Reviews
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filmcritic.com (Don Willmott)
Legendary director Yasujiro Ozu is a filmcritic.com all-star. Do a search, and you'll find nothing but four and five-star reviews. That's quite a feat for a man remembered for crafting small-scale domestic dramas featuring understated performances and ...read the complete Banshun movie review at filmcritic.com (Don Willmott)
Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Late Spring exemplifies Ozu's rich, mature style, an apparent stylelessness of patient, lifelike rhythms, unobtrusive camerawork, and credibly subtle performances. [DVD] ...read the complete Banshun movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Exquisite ... What little plot there is in Late Spring is adorned by Ozu's Zen-like meditation on objects, surroundings and the Japanese concept of mono no aware -- the ineffable resignation to the reality of life as things are. ...read the complete Banshun movie review at Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
is one of Yasujiro Ozu's most direct and powerful shomin-geki, or "modern family dramas. ...read the complete Banshun movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Ozu's characters don't seek ecstasy, not because they are afraid of it but because they are brave enough to accept compromise. ...read the complete Banshun movie review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Chicago Reader (Dave Kehr)
Yasujiro Ozu's 1949 film inaugurated his majestic late period: it's here that he decisively renounces melodrama (and, indeed, most surface action of any kind) and lets his camera settle into the still, long-take contemplation. ...read the complete Banshun movie review at Chicago Reader (Dave Kehr)
The Onion A.V. Club
Conventional narrative cinema thrives on conflict and the clash of opposing forces, but Yasujiro Ozu's films are unusual for their absence of malice: His major characters are unfailingly courteous and often want the best for each other, which creates its ...read the complete Banshun movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Shukichi is a professor, a widower, absorbed in his work. His unmarried daughter, Noriko, runs his household for him. Both are perfectly content with this arrangement until the old man's sister declares that her niece should get married. Noriko is, after ...read the complete Banshun movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"One of the director's favorites." ...read the complete Banshun movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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