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Ochazuke no aji - One of those films whose simplicity transforms an ordinary story into something special.

About an upper-middle-class marriage, one that was arranged the old-fashioned way and is now falling gently apart as the childless couple approach middle age. Takeo, a capricious wife from Tokyo high-society is bored by her dull husband Mokichi, a quiet and reliable company executive raised in the country.

She gives every indication of being a rather mean-spirited snob. She makes up lame lies to steal away with her friends to a hot spring resort, where she publicly dismisses him as "Mr Insensitive". However, he gives every indication of being as thickheaded and boring as she says he is.

She treats him with increasing disrespect and nearly has an affair, but something changes her attitude and she returns to him with an appreciation for his simplicity and reliability. The surprise of the film is not that they are eventually reconciled, but that they become such appealing characters, touched by a kind of nobility.

Director: Yasujiro Ozu

Stars: Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure and Koji Tsuruta

1952 – JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES – B&W – FULL SCREEN - 115 MINUTES