
An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, including smoking, even though she is a minor. On Saturday, the professor does not feel like going to his weekend golf game, but his wife packs him off anyway. So he leaves his bag at the apartme...
相较于《晚春》等后期作品,本片的镜头语言更为传统和灵活,尚未完全确立标志性的“榻榻米视角”。虽然已有固定机位的倾向,但剪辑节奏较快,场景切换也更频繁,服务于喜剧效果而非沉思氛围。这体现了小津在有声片初期的实验性质,他还在摸索如何用镜头静止来表现人物内心的波动,而非仅仅记录动作。
小津的幽默。欢喜中又隐隐有些特别安静的元素。
相看两厌之后容易忘记,邪魅一笑之后再度想起。
即使是后期沉稳宁静如小津,在三十出头的大好时光里也会拍上那么几部俏皮的作品,西文报纸和随处可见的英文字样在这个时期小津电影里都曾多次出现,甚至连片名都这么时髦洋气。而本片也是小津奔赴战场前最后一部导演作品,随后的两次拍片空窗期亦将小津作品界限分明地分成了战前、战时与战后三个阶段。
刘别谦式婚姻轻喜剧,没什么看头。临近结尾的咖啡馆戏是越轴经典。
喜剧表现的并不突出。影片本应可以走“文化批判”的路线,即繁文缛节的世俗人际观,这是本片戏剧冲突的起点,但小津就是单纯把它当成故事设定。可问题是影片对于婚姻情感问题的表达又过度简化而单薄,夫妻间的矛盾神不知鬼不觉的就草草开始和结束。