A marvelous film. Ensemble piece which traces the ups and downs of the five women who work at a failing geisha house in Tokyo. While they are all struggling in their various ways with debts, men and other obligations daily life goes on and carries them along. Nothing really gets resolved...we just get to witness a bit of their lives. Who knows what tomorrow will bring for any of them? Or any of us?
Naruse is an overlooked master. He is looser than Ozu...not as cinematically inventive as Kurosawa...quintessentially Japanese.
Very moving, satisfying.
8
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