Review of There Was a Father (1942) by Masaya K — 21 Apr 2018
A spinning factory, a hospital room that held up to the knees of Shin Saburi, and an inn that caught up to the room facing the next room in front. It is the supreme beauty of the vertical composition made possible by standard size.
Shuji Sano's back looking up, a fishing rod that can be repeatedly thrown in regular order, ... It is a masterpiece of a movie, which is doing what it can do like a line of Syukichi's speech. To do as much as you can do is not a common thing.
When you see the connection through the sound added from the outside of the screen and the landscape like the still picture to be inserted, it is strongly noticeable that the movie is completed with stunning omissions.
In the scene where Shuji Sano sang Der Kongreß tanzt's Das gibt's nur einmal, Tishu Ryu's intense seizure scene, Mitsuko Mito cried suddenly, I was stuffy.
This review of There Was a Father (1942) was written by Masaya K on 21 Apr 2018.
There Was a Father has generally received very positive reviews.
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