Kaze no naka no mendori
A Hen in the Wind
(c)1948/2022 Shochiku Co., Ltd.
(c)1948/2022 Shochiku Co., Ltd.
- Release Date
- September, 17th, 1948
- Running Time
- 83 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Monochrome
- Screening Format
- -
- Screen Size
- Standard (1:1.37)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- SANO Shuji ── AMAMIYA Shuichi
- TANAKA Kinuyo ── Tokiko
- MURATA Chieko ── IDA Shuko
[ Staff ]
- OZU Yasujiro ── Screenplay
- SAITO Ryosuke ── Screenplay
- ATSUTA Yuharu ── Cinematography
- ITO Senji ── Music
- HAMADA Tatsuo ── Production Design
[ Production Company ]
Shochiku (Ofuna)
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
SHOCHIKU
[ Story ]
Ozu's second film made upon his return from military service, following 1947's Record of a Tenement Gentleman (Nagaya shinshiroku). Reduced to poverty during the hardship of the immediate post-war years, a woman is forced to prostitute herself to afford her child's hospital bills, only for her husband to find out upon his return from war. The film portrays the ensuing fallout and their eventual reconciliation. The overhead shot deployed in the scene in which Shuichi unwittingly shoves his wife down the stairs in a fit of temper is particularly distinctive among the director's oeuvre, known otherwise for its trademark low-angle compositions.
Taken from text originally written for National Film Archive of Japan screening program
Rearranged by FUJIWARA Masao
Translated by Adam Sutherland
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2022 La Biennale di Venezia
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