Fresh
This turbulent and grim family melodrama, from 1957, is steered away from the maudlin and given emotional depth and philosophical heft under the direction of Yasujiro Ozu.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Overview
Two sisters learn about the existence of their long-lost biological mother, but the younger is unable to accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
Director and cast
- Yasujirō Ozu Director
- Setsuko Hara as Takako Numata
- Ineko Arima as Akiko Sugiyama
- Chishū Ryū as Shukichi Sugiyama
- Isuzu Yamada as Kisako Soma
- Teiji Takahashi as Noburo Kawaguchi
- Masami Taura as Kenji Kimura
- Haruko Sugimura as Shigeko Takeuchi
- So Yamamura as Seki Sekiguchi
- Kinzō Shin as Yasuo Numata
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Noodle vendor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Fresh
This rarely screened, melancholy 1957 film, Ozu's last in black and white, is one of his best.
Fred Camper, Chicago Reader
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