Friday, 2 January 2015

Depression era depression

Every-Night Dreams (1933)

Directed by Mikio Naruse this film stars Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saito, Teruko Kojima and Jun Arai. A single mother struggles to raise her son and is surprised by the return of his father.

This is a pretty standard tale of poverty and desperation set during Depression-era Japan. The story runs for barely an hour but works pretty well even if it lacks some depth. Where the film does stand out is in some interesting use of camera and editing for key moments in the film which are unusual in a silent film.


3/5

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