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Passing Fancy

1933 1h 41m Comedy Drama List
Reviews 72% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A brewery worker (Takeshi Sakamoto) woos a beautiful young woman (Nobuko Fushimi) while antagonizing his disrespectful son. Read More Read Less

Critics Reviews

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid A kind of odd departure for Ozu. Jul 16, 2010 Full Review Don Willmott Filmcritic.com Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A pleasing melodramatic silent directed by the great Yasujiro Ozu. Rated: A Jul 15, 2008 Full Review Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online ... 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. May 7, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Another of Ozu's wonderful films about family life in Japan. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member an odd but welcome departure for director Ozu. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member The characters are so vivid, you never even notice it's a silent movie Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member 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... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member One month old scotch. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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