Ozu's familiar combination of melancholy regret and buoyant comic gaiety is beguilingly in evidence.

It's slow, slightly old fashioned, and one of Ozu's weaker works, but even in one of his lesser works there's still much to marvel at and appreciate.

The sheer beauty of Ozu's exquisite (and typically eccentric) compositions and the expressive use of sound tell all you need know about the characters, their emotions and relationships.

... the reimagining takes what made its predecessor so effective and builds upon it. The relationships are explored more deeply, and the cinematography by esteemed cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa (in his only collaboration with Ozu) is breathtaking.