Sunday | October 10, 1999 7:00 pm

Passing Fancy
(Dekigokoro)

Live Musical Accompaniment
Screening on Film

Directed by Yasujiro Ozu.
With Takeshi Sakamoto, Tokkankozo, Den Ohinata.
Japan, 1933, 16mm, black & white, silent, 101 min.

Another Kinema Jumpo first prize winner, this subtle film concerns the relationship between an illiterate brewery worker and his educated son. The plot focuses on the father’s unrequited interest in a younger woman and the effect this infatuation has on both father and son. An early example of Ozu’s masterful chronicling of the evolution of family ties.