A super early Yasujiro Ozu silent film, and I'm not sure there's a ton to say about it. It was the shortest film of my watchlist, and I felt like that made it a good option to watch (plus I just watched a Wim Wenders documentary about Ozu and Japan, and I've been writing about both lately).
This feels like a comedy about a guy who can't really fit in, because he has a beard, and then it pivots in the second half to focus on the sorts of conflict I'm more used to seeing in Ozu films. I think for its time, it's decent, and I can imagine there are plenty of cultural references or even just ideas explored that are lost on me, watching it nearly 100 years later and in a different country.
It's interesting from a historical point of view, and certainly not dreadfully made, but I can't say I got a huge amount out of it.
This feels like a comedy about a guy who can't really fit in, because he has a beard, and then it pivots in the second half to focus on the sorts of conflict I'm more used to seeing in Ozu films. I think for its time, it's decent, and I can imagine there are plenty of cultural references or even just ideas explored that are lost on me, watching it nearly 100 years later and in a different country.
It's interesting from a historical point of view, and certainly not dreadfully made, but I can't say I got a huge amount out of it.