(1933) Passing Fancy/ Dekigokoro
SILENT DRAMA
Co-written and directed by Yasujirô Ozu that opens with a group of people sitting around listening to the speaker talking about the latest news. By the time it was over, the movie then focuses on the single father, Kihachi Kimura (Takeshi Sakamoto) his son, Tomio Kimura (Tomio Aoki) who is on the third grade; his best friend and neighbor, Jiro (Den Obinata) and the old lady, Otome (Chôko Iida) who kind of lives with them. When one day, a young lady, Harue (Nobuko Fushimi) who dresses like a geisha is wondering around homeless, with Kihachi taking her under his wing. We then learn more about them and their daily lives. For instance, Kihachi and his best friend, Jiro both work in a factory and do not enjoy it, and that Tomio consistently have to wake them up every morning to go to work, in which they sometimes often show up late.
The movie starts out routinely, and it did not become interesting until the father, Kihachi began arguing with his son, Tomio. The argument regards that his dad is not the most ideal father because he does not know how to read, and that he often drinks at the bar after he comes home. In other words, he is often an embarrassment to his only son. And the more I know more about the father, the more I wanted to know about what happened to his wife, which could be anything! Or what was his wife like, and how come she is not with him anymore- how did she ever put up with him. The father's life began to intrigue me, and I did not get enough of that as much as I hoped. The movie resonates on some areas, while does not work on others, such as the father, beginning to express interest on Harue! For some reason, I almost dozed off, I guess it's a consistent theme when an older man begins to express interest to a younger lady. I also kind of hoped how the father is able to go through his life without reading and writing. Like, can he at least know how to spell his name!
