If you loved A Hen in the Wind, try There Was a Father
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Yasujirō Ozu, and they both carry the slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Hen in the Wind, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What There Was a Father is
I Vitelloni meets Bicycle Thieves. A poor schoolteacher raises his son alone. Carries postwar Japan's quiet desperation.

