https://www.heroic-cinema.com The guide to Asian movies in Australia Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:16:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 18894642 https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/equinox-flower-1958/ Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:16:13 +0000 http://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/equinox-flower-1958/ The first colour piece by Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu, Equinox Flower is a flawless movie: funny, charming, and gently moving. It is built around one of the oldest stories in the book: “father disapproves of daughter’s fiancé”, and as trite as such a story may sound these days, this is probably the most deeply felt and well observed version of it ever made. At the centre of the film’s success is its uniformly wonderful cast, with every performance pitched perfectly … (read more)

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