1941 · drama · family
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu1h 45m1941
After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate.
Our read: The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · family entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / family, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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