Eclipse Series 42: SILENT OZU -- THREE CRIME DRAMAS: OZU, Yasujiro: Walk Cheerfully (1930)

OZU, Yasujiro (Japan)
Walk Cheerfully [1930]
Eclipse Series 42
DVD


In Yasujiro Ozu's Walk Cheerfully, which gracefully combines elements of the relationship drama and the gangster story, small-time hood Kenji, a.k.a. Ken the Knife, wants to go straight for good girl Yasue but finds that starting over isn't as simple as it sounds. This was the Japanese master's first true homage to American crime movies, and it is a fleetly told, expressively shot work of humor and emotional depth.

96 minutes
Black & White
Silent
Japanese Intertitles
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2015
Director/Writer



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