The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (Ochazuke no aji)

Rewatched (2022) (38 movies items)

" Taeko and Mokichi Satake are a childless married couple living in Tokyo. Their rocky relationship is strained by the wife’s urban sophistication bumping up against the husband’s small-town simplicity. However, their angst is disrupted by their headstrong, modern niece – who’s using her unhappy aunt and uncle as an excuse to keep her from being bound to married life. Another delicate domestic tale from Yasujiro Ozu, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice delves into post-war domesticity with"

The Cinema of Yasujiro Ozu (17 movies items)

"Takeo, a capricious wife from Tokyo high-society, is bored by her dull husband, a quiet and reliable company executive raised in the country. After a crisis, she understands better his true value. A parallel sub-plot shows her niece rebelling against the tradition of arranged marriages."