SummaryA residential neighborhood in Tokyo, 2003. Yoko, a freelance writer researching musical legend Jiang Ewn-Ye, befriends Hajime, the owner of a secondhand bookstore. They spend many hours together in the district's coffee shops and train stations. Yoko feels she can tell the quiet, calm Hajime anything. When she is with him, she experiences an unus... Read More
Directed By:Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Written By:Hsiao-Hsien Hou, T'ien-wen Chu
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Hou's best film since "The Puppetmaster" (1993). It's also his most minimalist effort to date, slow to reveal its depths and beauties, and it marks a rejuvenation of his art.
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Hou's sensitivity plus Ozu's inspiration equals sublimity of sight and sound.
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Exquisitely understated.
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This poetic portrait of simple Japanese life immerses you in the elegance of the ordinary.
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The film is an original work by a filmmaker who throughout his career has absorbed the best of what Ozu had to teach, and as such it stands as beautiful tribute from one master to another.
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Concerns feelings that can't be expressed, relationships that can't flower, and connections that are impossible to bridge.
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Hou fans will find what they're looking for; others will wonder when the action starts.
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