Fresh
Yasujiro Ozu's delicate melodramas (this one dates from his finest period, 1951) avoid any sense of cliche in their restrained, sometimes painfully subtle study of family relationships.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · 1h 56m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Overview
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
Director and cast
- Yasujirō Ozu Director
- Shin Saburi as Mokichi Satake
- Michiyo Kogure as Taeko Satake
- Koji Tsuruta as Noboru Okada
- Chikage Awashima as Aya Amamiya
- Keiko Tsushima as Setsuko Yamauchi
- Eijirō Yanagi as Yamauchi
- Kuniko Miyake as Chizu Yamauchi
- Kōji Shitara as Koji Yamauchi
- Chishū Ryū as Sadao Hirayama
- Yūko Mochizuki as Shige
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
No one shrug or sigh or smile is more or less dispensible than another gesture, which explains why minor characters are so important in Ozu films.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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