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SHUKUJO WA NANI 0 WASURETA KA
(What Did the Ladies Forget?)
Produced and distributed by Shochiku. Original story by Yasujiro Ozu. Screen adaptation, Akira Fushimi and James Maki. Directed by Y asuj iro Ozu Photographer, Hideo Mohara.
CAST
Doctor of Kojimachi. .Tatsuo Saito
His wife Sumiko Kurishima
His niece Michiko Kuwano
His assistant Shuji Sano
Business man of Ushigome
Takeshi Sakamoto
His wife Choko Iida
Widow Mitsuko Yoshikawa
SHUKUJO WA NANI 0 WASURETA KA
(What Did the Ladies Forget?)
A SHOCHIKU PICTURE
This is a conversation piece based on the life of the leisure class. As might be expected from Yasujiro Ozu, the director, a man who has hitherto shown human kindness and sorrow through depictions of the petite bourgeoisie, he has not neglected, in the case of this portrayal of the idle rich, to inject a bit of cynicism into it.
However, it would not be appropriate to call it a satirical comedy. It should rather be regarded as an example of sophistication, showing as it does that a smart, suggestive presentment and a dialogue abounding in wit which laughs off everything are important factors of a fdm play.
A medical professor and a business man who pretend that they are going out for a game of golf but visit the bar instead; wives who, the moment their husbands leave home, get together and spend the day in idle gossip ; a “ modern ” girl who has a craze for going wheresoever young men betake themselves — -these, in short, are the principal characters.
Considering the typical nature of these characters, we can well understand why Yasujiro Ozu is far from sympathetic with them. Yet they are not without an exception or two. For instance, one might observe in the portrayal of the “ modern ” girl, who may be said to be an incarnation of curiosity, the sharp sense of a hound smelling out the lies of this society. In that respect, it is but natural perhaps that Michiko Kuwano, who plays this role with a deal of charm, should come in for the greatest measure of the movie patron’s applause. Tatsuo Saito, cast for the part of the medical professor wh'o always manages to escape from his wife on Sundays, likewise gives a clever performance.
TADASI IIZIMA
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