There Was A Father (Hong Kong Version) VCD
Kasatomi Shu (Actor)
| Shuuji Sano (Actor)
| Sawaki Toshinobu (Actor)
| Ozu Yasujiro (Director)
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| Product Title: | There Was A Father (Hong Kong Version) 父親在世時 (香港版) 父亲在世时 (香港版) There Was A Father (Hong Kong Version) There Was A Father (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Kasatomi Shu (Actor) | Shuuji Sano (Actor) | Sawaki Toshinobu (Actor) 笠智眾 (Actor) | 佐野周二 (Actor) | Sawaki Toshinobu (Actor) 笠智众 (Actor) | 佐野周二 (Actor) | Sawaki Toshinobu (Actor) 笠智衆 (Actor) | 佐野周二 (Actor) | 佐分利信 (Actor) Kasatomi Shu (Actor) | Shuuji Sano (Actor) | Sawaki Toshinobu (Actor) |
| Director: | Ozu Yasujiro 小津安二郎 小津安二郎 小津安二郎 Ozu Yasujiro |
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| Release Date: | 2005-06-20 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Disc Format(s): | VCD |
| Duration: | 87 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Panorama (HK) |
| Other Information: | 2VCDs |
| Package Weight: | 120 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1004027366 |
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導演︰小津安二郎
Director: Ozu Yasujiro
本片是小津早期作品《獨生子》的變奏，同樣深受歐美影評人所愛戴。本片描寫相依為命的兩父子，一直在鄉間生活。父親原是一名正直的好老師，但因一次意外，導致一名學童於學校郊遊時溺斃，終於他引咎辭職，並隻身遠赴東京尋找工作，留下兒子一人在鄉間就讀寄宿學校。正所謂虎父無犬子，兒子長大後，首先到仙台供讀大學，及後更在秋田謀得教席。他終日冀盼能與父親再聚天倫，可惜卻仍未如願。兒子在入伍前，要到東京驗身，卻令他終能一嘗與父同住的滋味，可是父親卻在這時突然病危。在小津的鏡頭下，父子重聚場面如夢似幻。子欲養而親不在，總教人唏噓不已。
One of the most private of Ozu's films, "There Was A Father" is a resemblance of his early work, "The Only Son". An aging father, who has been a good teacher all his life, has to leave his son to work in Tokyo, due to an accident that happened in his school. His son grew up to follow his footsteps and become a teacher, but all he wants is to live with his father again. When the son finally has a chance to live with his age-old father, his father falls critically ill. Replacing the playful and demonstrative affection between father and son in the "Kihachi" series, this film observes silently the moments when emotions are unconsciously in unison, and is all the more touching.
Director: Ozu Yasujiro
本片是小津早期作品《獨生子》的變奏，同樣深受歐美影評人所愛戴。本片描寫相依為命的兩父子，一直在鄉間生活。父親原是一名正直的好老師，但因一次意外，導致一名學童於學校郊遊時溺斃，終於他引咎辭職，並隻身遠赴東京尋找工作，留下兒子一人在鄉間就讀寄宿學校。正所謂虎父無犬子，兒子長大後，首先到仙台供讀大學，及後更在秋田謀得教席。他終日冀盼能與父親再聚天倫，可惜卻仍未如願。兒子在入伍前，要到東京驗身，卻令他終能一嘗與父同住的滋味，可是父親卻在這時突然病危。在小津的鏡頭下，父子重聚場面如夢似幻。子欲養而親不在，總教人唏噓不已。
One of the most private of Ozu's films, "There Was A Father" is a resemblance of his early work, "The Only Son". An aging father, who has been a good teacher all his life, has to leave his son to work in Tokyo, due to an accident that happened in his school. His son grew up to follow his footsteps and become a teacher, but all he wants is to live with his father again. When the son finally has a chance to live with his age-old father, his father falls critically ill. Replacing the playful and demonstrative affection between father and son in the "Kihachi" series, this film observes silently the moments when emotions are unconsciously in unison, and is all the more touching.
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Ozu film about fatherhood
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The primary subject matter of "There Was a Man" is never directly addressed, it is only suggested in this subtle Ozu Yasujiro film. Ryu Chishu stars as a teacher who walks away from his career after two of his students drown during a school outing. The teacher feels responsible for their deaths and feels that he no longer deserves the honor of being a teacher. This leads him into a series of jobs that separate him from his son. The teacher is a single parent and the child ends up living far from his father, able to see him only on holidays. When the son reaches adulthood, he becomes a college professor. However, he yearns to leave his job and move to Tokyo so he finally may have an opportunity to live with his father. His father, however, scolds him and urges him to devote himself fully to his job. Finally, the son agrees to marry the daughter of his father's friend. The son hopes that his father will agree now to move in with him, but fate steps in and brings a different result. In its indirect way, the subject of this rather slow-moving film is whether Ryu Chishu's character actually is a good father. Put another way, the film is a meditation on what makes a father a good father. I suspect that most viewers may grow impatient with the pace of this movie, but Ozu fans definitely will want to see it. |
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