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What Did the Lady Forget?

Ozu's comic pre-war feature about a professor who falls into the clutches of his audacious niece.

Comedy 1937 71 mins

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Rent for £2.50

Overview

Ozu's comic pre-war feature plays with the themes of emasculation and feminine assertion. By escaping the strictures of his tyrannical wife, browbeaten Professor Komiya (Tatsuo Saito) falls into the clutches of his audacious niece whose advice, though effective, leaves much to be desired.

Director

Yasujirō Ozu

Featuring

Sumiko Kurishima , Tatsuo Saitô , Michiko Kuwano , Shuji Sano , Takeshi Sakamoto and Chôko Iida

Genres

Comedy

Certificate

Contains smoking scenes

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese with English subtitles

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