Days of Youth (Gakusei romance: Wakaki hi)

An average movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by Yasujirô Ozu and since it was on YouTube, I thought I might as well check it out. It’s only afterwards that I discovered that it was his oldest movie available. Indeed, the few movies he made before were apparently lost. Well, one of the interesting things about this movie was how modern it actually felt. Indeed, even though it is now almost 100 years old, it almost felt like watching a contemporary US feature dealing with college students. The other thing that I really enjoyed was the really neat body language used by the actors involved. Since it was a silent feature, there was obviously no dialogues involved (there wasn’t even some soundtrack so I ended up putting my own music). Howeve” read more

1001 Movies ... my own version (1920's) (65 movies items)

" Notes: It’s only afterwards that I discovered that it was Yasujirô Ozu's oldest movie available. Indeed, the few movies he made before were apparently lost. Well, one of the interesting things about this movie was how modern it actually felt. Indeed, even though it is now almost 100 years old, it almost felt like watching a contemporary US feature dealing with college students. The other thing that I really enjoyed was the really neat body language used by the actors involved. Since it was "

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: It’s only afterwards that I discovered that it was Yasujirô Ozu's oldest movie available. Indeed, the few movies he made before were apparently lost. Well, one of the interesting things about this movie was how modern it actually felt. Indeed, even though it is now almost 100 years old, it almost felt like watching a contemporary US feature dealing with college students. The other thing that I really enjoyed was the really neat body language used by the actors involved. Since it was "

Watched in 2022 (153 movies items)

"23.5. Pitkän leffankatselutauon jälkeen yritän tottakai vauhdittaa harrastusta palaamalla about ikuisella tauolla olevien Ozun mykkäelokuvaboksien pariin, koska haluan näköjään tehdä asiat vaikeasti. Onneksi kuitenkin Ozun yksi tunnetuimmista mykkäelokuvista poikkesi huomattavasti BFI:n Student Comedies -boksin aikaisemmista katseluista sisältäen surkean kansankomediakaatuilun lisäksi myös simppelin ja ihan kivasti pelittävän humaanin draaman kahdesta opiskelijapojasta, jotka "

“(OK) First preserved Ozu. Just for the shenanigans and frustrated romance in the snow, and the ambivalence of the extroverted character....Ozu's is slowly making his way and style” read more