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Ozu - Record of a Tenement Gentleman / Flavour of Green Tea over Rice | 
 enlarge | Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Actors: Chouko Iida, Hohi Aoki, Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure
Studio: Tartan Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £29.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Format: Box Set, Pal
Languages: English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 190 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5023965354327
ASIN: B0007KVDEK
Release Date: June 27, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: * PLEASE NOTE* This is just Record of a Tenement Gentleman - Region 3 (Platinum Classics) so you will need a multi-region player
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 Stunning. March 30, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Record Of A Tenement Gentleman is a truly beautiful and incredibly moving film.
It has a similar story to Walter Salles Central Station, grumpy old woman looks after kid unwillingly. Tokyo Story is the film everyone talks about when discussing Ozu and that is without a doubt his masterpiece, but this film and Good Morning come very close in my opinion. I've seen a number of his other films and enjoyed them all but I could see how some may find them slow and difficult to watch. Give these films some time and you will be deeply rewarded.
 A charming, heart-warming film August 22, 2007
E. Sanders (Manchester, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I put off watching "The Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice" for ages, because I know that Japanese films can feel slow-moving to those of us more used to the Hollywood style of film-making. This film is no exception in that it moves at a gentle pace, but I was delighted by it - it is a charming, touching and humourous study of marriage(s) within one extended family in '50s Tokyo: the little white lies and compromises that are made in order to keep a husband and a wife rubbing along together in relative harmony. It also shows how the attitudes of the younger generation towards marriage and personal freedom were changing. A rewarding film, and a pleasant change from the more masculine, martial films of Kurosawa and the like.
Ozu October 19, 2008
Mr. G. Sturdy (Yarm, UK)
2 more Ozu clasics - though these titles are perhaps less well known than Tokyo Story and the 'Season's' tiltes. A shame as these are perhaps 2 better examples for an introduction to Ozu. They are far-more story driven than usual and follow, if anything, the Hollywood pattern of film-making. I love 'Flavour of Green Tea...' it's very, very funny which often bypasses many critical reviews. Anyone involved in a long-term relationship will find themselves giggling knowingly.
Anyways, if you want a good starting point for an introduction to Ozu, but felt they may be a bit too high-brow, these are a good starting point. Highly enjoyable.
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