That Night's Wife / その夜の妻 (1930)

Описание: その夜の妻
A Mulher Daquela Noite
Sono Yo No Tsuma
Esposa de una noche
La esposa de noche
L'épouse de la nuit
La moglie di quella notte
That Night's Wife

Director: Yasujirō Ozu / 小津 安二郎
Year: 1930

To pay for his daughter Michiko's medical treatment, artist Hashizume Shuji breaks into an office. When the police arrive on the scene, he hops on a taxi, not realizing that the driver is undercover cop Kagawa. Meanwhile, the doctor tells Hashizume's wife Mayumi that if Michiko survives the night, the worst will be over. Kagawa appears to arrest Hashizume, but Mayumi takes her husband's gun and holds him captive, begging him to let her husband keep watch over Michiko for one night. The next morning, Mayumi tries to help her husband slip away, but he returns to turn himself in.

The script came from a translated novel published in New Youth (Shin Seinen) Magazine. This is my first experience of working with Okada Tokihiko. Six of the film's seven reels depict action that takes place on a single set. I lost so much sleep over the continuity it was a labor of love, and had great significance for me. Kido Shiro was full of praise for it, and even urged me to go take a break at a hot spring.

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