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Yes, it's films like this that twisted my arm to visit Japan

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In Reply to: Ozu's "Early Summer:" a masterpiece. posted by tinear on November 3, 2005 at 13:59:39:

and 15 years later I'm still here ( ! )
While the quiet pace of Ozu's immediate Post-war world is harder to find, and I wasn't here in 1950 to compare then-with-now, there's still a level of charm that isn't hard to find
If I can paraphrase a Woody Allen line; "Just because you were born in the USA doesn't mean you grew up in a Norman Rockwell painting"
And the same with Ozu; the kids in his films don't pull each others hair at the dinner table and have fistfights over who's turn it is to do the dishes (not on camera, anyway!)
Not to belittle Ozu's films in the least, they remain timeless and wonderful
Grins

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Where do you live? My wife lived for six years in - tinear 11:46:19 11/04/05 (2)
Konazawa (sp ?) and we'll probably visit there since it now sports a spectacularly designed museum.
- Kichijoji which is west Tokyo just outside the 23 Wards - grinagog 15:35:06 11/04/05 (1)
  about 6-7 miles from Shinjuku
  It's a very popular place for shopping and lots of parks too
  Your wife would likely have lived in Kanazawa which is a bit more countryside; just had a friend move there to escape the Tokyo ratrace, he says you can drop one on the "0's" off the cost of living, and I can believe that
  There are indeed some spectacular museums, the Honda collection at Motegi has to be seen to be believed, the Osamu Tezuka Manga (cartoon) museum in Osaka, dedicated to the father of Japanese manga is quite something too
  You'd enjoy your visit, Japan's very different!
  Grins
  - It's high on our list as soon as our little - tinear 06:22:41 11/05/05 (0)
    4-yr. old matures a bit more. That long flight currently would be hell.
    Yeah, she lived in KAnazawa and says it's a very old city, very historical. You should check out the new museum there: it prominently was featured in several architectural zines.
    Oh, she says Kanazawa was MUCH cheaper than Tokyo when she lived there, too...
I don't know, remember the "I hate you!" line? Or the kicking - tinear 04:28:35 11/04/05 (0)
of the bread loaf over the disappointment it wasn't train track?
Sure, it's a bit idealized but we can sense there are more serious problems, too.
For me, one of the most enjoyable parts was the teasing between the married and the single women: I laughed so hard I almost fell off the sofa.

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