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Late Spring and Tokyo story Reviews
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... Two of his best films include “Tokyo Story” and “Late Spring,” both of which tackle issues regarding the basic family unit. “Late Spring” is set in post-war Japan, where Noriko and her father live alone together in a house. ...
Although “Tokyo Story” is also about the family, it takes on a different angle from “Late Spring.” “Tokyo Story” is about an aging mother and father who goes to Tokyo to visit their children. ... Set in post-war Japan, “Tokyo Story” as well as “Late Spring” present cases of the dissolution of the traditional family system and weakening of filial piety. ... In “Late Spring,” although this characteristic is shown in Noriko wanting to stay with her father, it is the father who insists that Noriko should live her own life. ... In “Tokyo Story,” it is evident that the individual members of the family put more importance on their own lives over the welfare of their family. ... In “Late Spring,” Noriko, who is presumably the eldest and only daughter, left the house of her father when she got married. ...
In “Tokyo Story,” the eldest son also didn’t settle in the house of the father. He relocated to Tokyo to raise his family there while working as a doctor. ... The eldest son in “Tokyo Story” didn’t succeed the father as an educational administrator. ... “Tokyo Story” and “Late Spring” showcases a crumbling of the preeminence of the patriarch, of the father, and of men in general. ...
In “Late Spring,” traces of this patriarchy are still evident especially in Noriko’s subservience to her father. ...
In “Tokyo Story,” the father who is the househead no longer has control over his children’s lives. ... In “Late Spring,” filial piety was still valued. ... “Tokyo Story” is a different case though. ... The eldest daughter was nonchalant about bringing clothes for mourning, the eldest son remarked that “this was a very busy time,” and the other son was late and wasn’t there to be with her mother during her last hours. ... in “Late Spring” signifies the effects of American colonialism in Japanese society. The shots of the factories repeatedly shown in “Tokyo Story,” as well as the scenes with the trains, hints at industrialization and modernization as a factor in the dissolution of old Japanese tradition.
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Title: Late Spring and Tokyo story Reviews
Words: 1834
Rating: None
Pages: 7.3
submitted by: anamaria
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