Ochazuka no aji : The flavor of green tea over rice /

One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, it is a subtly piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife₂s city-bred sophisticatio...

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Other Authors:	Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963 (Film director, Screenwriter), Noda, Kōgo, 1893-1968 (Screenwriter), Kogure, Michiyo (Actor), Saburi, Shin, 1909-1982 (Actor), Tsuruta, Kōji, 1924-1987 (Actor), Ryū, Chishū, 1904-1993 (Actor), Awashima, Chikage (Actor), Tsushima, Keiko, 1926-2012 (Actor), Atsuta, Yūharu, 1905-1992 (director of photography.), Saitō, Ichirō, 1909-1979 (composer (expression)), Fushimi, Akira (Screenwriter), Maki, James (Screenwriter), Kurishima, Sumiko, 1902-1987 (Actor), Saito, Tatsuo (Actor), Kuwano, Michiko, 1915-1946 (Actor), Sano, Shūji, 1912-1978 (Actor), Itō, Senji (composer (expression))
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese English
Published:	[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Series:	Criterion collection ; 989.
Subjects:	Husband and wife > Japan > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Japan > Drama. Arranged marriage > Japan > Drama. Feature films. Husband and wife. Man-woman relationships. Arranged marriage. Japan. Drama.
Summary:	One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, it is a subtly piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife₂s city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband₂s small-town simplicity, and a generational sea change, in the form of their headstrong, modern niece, sweeps over their household.