Uwasa no musume (1935) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama
- 1935
- 54m
The suitor rejects elder sister Kunie but likes Kimoko, the younger one. Their father and his mistress have separate shops. Kimiko suddenly learns that she is her mother. Business is bad. Th... Read allThe suitor rejects elder sister Kunie but likes Kimoko, the younger one. Their father and his mistress have separate shops. Kimiko suddenly learns that she is her mother. Business is bad. The police visit when business shortcuts are taken.The suitor rejects elder sister Kunie but likes Kimoko, the younger one. Their father and his mistress have separate shops. Kimiko suddenly learns that she is her mother. Business is bad. The police visit when business shortcuts are taken.
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Sachiko Chiba. and Ryuko Umezono are sisters. Their father runs a sake shop founded by his father, who has retired. The father's mistress has her own business, which is undergoing some problems. Meanwhile, husbands are being sought for the girls.
It sounds like a post-war Ozu comedy, doesn't it? However, while Ozu's movies were comedies about how the parents sweetly set things up so matters run smoothly, this is a Naruse movie, and this director is more interested in the how and why of things not working out smoothly. So, in the face of ever-changing Japan, some of the changes include father changing the recipe for sake; family is not what holds the world together in the face of change, but the causes of change that impel a descent into chaos.
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By what name was Uwasa no musume (1935) officially released in Canada in English?