Passing Fancy
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The first of many films featuring the endearing single-dad Kihachi (played wonderfully by Takeshi Sakamoto), Passing Fancy is a humorous and heartfelt study of a close, if fraught, father-son relationship. With an ever more sophisticated visual style and understanding of fragile human relationships, Ozu seamlessly weaves rib-tickling comedy and weighty family drama for this distinguished precursor to a brilliant career.
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Cast
- Takeshi Sakamoto
- Kihachi
- Tokkan Kozou
- Tomio
- Nobuko Fushimi
- Harue
- Den Obinata
- Jiro
- Chouko Iida
- Otome
Credits
- Director
- Yasujiro Ozu
- Screenplay
- Tadao Ikeda
- Cinematography
- Hideo Shigehara
- Editing
- Kazuo Ishikawa
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