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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.
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
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.
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