With subtle precision, Ozu shows how personal and national anxieties seep through infinite lives. Yet this impeccably acted movie is far from depressing, since the filmmaker stresses that mistakes aren't irreversible.
– Nora Sayre,
New York Times,
20 Jun 2007
fresh:
A casual yet meticulously detailed reconstruction of Japan's routinized white-collar milieu.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
20 Jun 2007
fresh:
A typically low-key domestic drama in Ozu's mournful, defeatist vein.