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Made in 1953, as Japan pulled itself together to face a democratic future after 50 years of aggression and seven years of American occupation, Yasujiro Ozu’s film is a supreme masterpiece from one of cinema’s greatest masters.

No story could be simpler. An old couple come to the city to visit their children and grandchildren.

Their children are busy, and the old people upset their routines.

In a quiet way, without anyone admitting it, the visit goes badly. The parents return home. A few days later, the grandmother dies.

Now it is the turn of the children to make a journey.

The film lacks sentimental triggers and contrived emotion; it looks away from moments a lesser movie would have exploited.

It doesn’t want to force our emotions, but to share its understanding.

It does this so well that you are close to tears in the last 30 minutes. It ennobles the cinema.

It says, yes, a movie can help us make small steps against our imperfections.

With a run time of 136 minutes, the film comes with English subtitles. It will be screened at Ashwin Hospital Auditorium, Ganapathy, at 5.45 p.m.

For details, call 94430-39630, or visit http://konangalfilmsociety.blogspot.com/.

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