I was one of those who watched this movie thanks to the book
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die . I've always liked watching really old movies, and I was curious about what a 1939 Japanese movie would be like, after the start of the Second World War.
Seeing the journey of a failed adult foster child criticized by everyone behind his back was breathtaking.
The charisma of actress KAKUKO MORI as Otoku was to fall in love. She is not a pretty actress but she has a voice that makes you immediately care about everything she says, for her sincerity, kindness and willingness to want to help other people, putting others above herself.
Well if you read the synopsis of the movie, it already delivers the whole story on a platter.
The way the movie was directed is something that's been lost on current movies and it's one of the reasons I like to watch old movies. Uncut scenes. Long scenes where the actors are just... acting. No cuts or sudden camera placement changes. And what an act. The best performance is that of Otoku, everything she says and says catches the viewer's attention.
+spoilers at the end of the movie Well one of the boldest things about the movie is its ending.
Otoku unfortunately made a bad decision. She shouldn't have in the final arc of the film disappeared and placed herself below her lover's career. If she had gone with him to his performance, his acting would still have been good and impressed the spectators. And she would have been treated at the best doctors in Tokyo. Unfortunately this beautiful and bad decision caused her health deterioration and her death in a discreet way towards the end of the film.
Would be cool to see an alternative happy ending. It was a happy unhappy ending.
To finish the review, i found it weird how there was not a single kiss scene and why the hell they traveled together for 5 years and didnt have a kid? Didnt they...?
Seeing the journey of a failed adult foster child criticized by everyone behind his back was breathtaking.
The charisma of actress KAKUKO MORI as Otoku was to fall in love. She is not a pretty actress but she has a voice that makes you immediately care about everything she says, for her sincerity, kindness and willingness to want to help other people, putting others above herself.
Well if you read the synopsis of the movie, it already delivers the whole story on a platter.
The way the movie was directed is something that's been lost on current movies and it's one of the reasons I like to watch old movies. Uncut scenes. Long scenes where the actors are just... acting. No cuts or sudden camera placement changes. And what an act. The best performance is that of Otoku, everything she says and says catches the viewer's attention.
+spoilers at the end of the movie Well one of the boldest things about the movie is its ending.
Otoku unfortunately made a bad decision. She shouldn't have in the final arc of the film disappeared and placed herself below her lover's career. If she had gone with him to his performance, his acting would still have been good and impressed the spectators. And she would have been treated at the best doctors in Tokyo. Unfortunately this beautiful and bad decision caused her health deterioration and her death in a discreet way towards the end of the film.
Would be cool to see an alternative happy ending. It was a happy unhappy ending.
To finish the review, i found it weird how there was not a single kiss scene and why the hell they traveled together for 5 years and didnt have a kid? Didnt they...?