Daigaku wa deta keredo (1929)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Yasujiro Ozu

Writers:

Yoshio Aramaki (writer)
Hiroshi Shimizu (story)

Release Date:

6 September 1929 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy

Cast

Minoru Takada	...	Tetsuo Nomoto
Kinuyo Tanaka	...	Machiko Nomoto
Utako Suzuki	...	Mother
Kenji Oyama	...	Sugimura
Shinichi Himori	...	Tailor
Kenji Kimura	...	Executive
Takeshi Sakamoto	...	Secretary
Chouko Iida	...	Landlady

Also Known As:

I Graduated But...

Runtime:

Japan:12 min (extant fragments)

Country:

Japan

Colour:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Shochiku Company

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ikite wa mita keredo - Ozu Yasujirô den (1983)

A short Ozu

This about a man who has just graduated from university, but cant get a job, is too short to really do much except for conveying Ozu's genuine love for people and everyday life. Not at all an expert on silents, but I bet that not many directors where so down to earth at that time. From the German expressionist films I have seen ('Nibelungen', 'Nosferatu', 'Metropolis' and so on) this is quite a revolution. As the Germans take the drama and the romantic very far, Ozu stays at home with real people. While the Germans are Wagnerian, Ozu is far more subtle.

His device of storytelling lies mostly in the interaction of the characters with little to come in between each scene. Most are shot indoors.