The Music


I liked the "Father Theme" when the old man had the "stalker" after him

Btw there where two american characters, George and Harry, why aren`t they listed because I wonder who/which actors that played these characters

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The music felt so different than any other Ozu film...

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There is "music" in almost every scene. During several interior scenes for example, when the father visits his mistress, you can hear a very subtle but persistent gong in the background during the entire scene. It adds no emotion to the scene but somehow creates space. Brilliant! There is no one like Ozu.

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Especially the music at the end which is so severe and unlike Ozu. Ozu made this film outside of Shochiku, at Toho - and without Saito Kojun who normally scored the films of this period - so perhaps there was some tinkering after Ozu finished work on the film.

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