The powerful images(dressed in black and white for being more "comfortable") of Hiroshima after the nuclear attack open a film that talks about the horrible mark left by the war in the mind and souls of survivors. Taking apart the war consequences the film reminds me Ozu´s films, with the worries of a traditional japanese family in a changing society (main stream in Ozu´s filmography) and even it has a little smell of Ford´s film about people in rural towns.... But a I said before the shadow of war adds a bitter touch of drama. The most remarkable image of the film: those that shows the intimacy of Yasuko and his relationship with the "ray who kills" consequences
P.D: Yasuko looks like the preferred actress of Ozu, Tetsuko hara
P.D: Yasuko looks like the preferred actress of Ozu, Tetsuko hara