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Passing Fancy

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A brewery worker (Takeshi Sakamoto) woos a beautiful young woman (Nobuko Fushimi) while antagonizing his disrespectful son.

Critics Reviews

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 07/16/2010
A kind of odd departure for Ozu. Go to Full Review Don Willmott Filmcritic.com 10/18/2008
3.5/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/15/2008
A
A pleasing melodramatic silent directed by the great Yasujiro Ozu. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online 05/07/2008
... utterly contemporary to the times, a stylized snapshot of working class life in 1933 Japan, and Ozu's details of their subsistence existence... creates a rich atmosphere. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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02/22/2013 Another of Ozu's wonderful films about family life in Japan. See more 12/28/2012 an odd but welcome departure for director Ozu. See more 08/17/2012 A bit derivative of "I Was Born, But," however I feel that will turn more into Ozu's style that I will get used to. More drama than comedy this time around but still very engaging. See more 07/30/2012 The characters are so vivid, you never even notice it's a silent movie See more 02/23/2012 A nice little comedy film about a dumb daddy who falls in love with a girl passing through town, and another man who is also falls in love with the same woman. Not your typical Ozu family movie, as it has a bumbling idiot for the main character, immediately not a person to sympathize or empathize with. Interestingly, you think, "How dumb is this dad?" while watching everything he does. But just like Homer Simpson, you can't stop watching it. Yup, there is a connection between Homer and Ozu... See more 03/24/2011 One month old scotch. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Yasujirô Ozu

Director

Takeshi Sakamoto

Kihachi

Nobuko Fushimi

Harue

Den Ohinata

Jiro

Choko Iida

Otome

Reikô Tani

Barber
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Movie Info

Synopsis A brewery worker (Takeshi Sakamoto) woos a beautiful young woman (Nobuko Fushimi) while antagonizing his disrespectful son.
Director
Yasujirô Ozu
Production Co
Shôchiku Eiga
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Runtime
1h 41m