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THAT NIGHT’S WIFE
A live performance by master benshi Ichiro Kataoka.
♪ Live piano accompaniment from Steve Sterner.
Japan, 1930
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Written by Kôgo Noda
With Tokihiko Okada, Chishû Ryû, Tatsuo Saitō
Approx. 65 min. 35mm.
Mainly single-set exercise in suspense: after robbing because of his daughter’s illness, a commercial artist is caught at home by a copy, but then the wife gets the gun.
Reviews
“Tense, claustrophobic, and visually striking throughout.”
– Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
“Demonstrates confidence and maturity, and confirms Ozu as a true artist of space.”
– Michael Koresky, The Criterion Collection