Passing Fancy (1933)

Original title

出来ごころ

Directed by

Yasujirō Ozu

Genre

silent film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor single father struggles to raise his young son in Tokyo while harboring feelings for a younger woman. His attempts to win her affection clash with his responsibilities and his son's needs.

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What happens

Passing Fancy (出来ごころ, Dekigokoro) is a 1933 silent movie produced by Shochiku Company, directed by Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu and starring Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Fushimi, Den Obinata and Chouko Iida. It won the Kinema Junpo Award for best film, the second of three consecutive years an Ozu film won, following I Was Born, But... and preceding A Story of Floating Weeds. Ozu regular Chishū Ryū has a small role towards the end of the film as a fellow passenger on board a ship. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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