A Mother Should Be Loved

5/7/04 to 5/9/04

  • A Mother Should Be Loved|May 7|

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Past Films

  • The Only Son

    • Sunday, May 9 5:30pm

    A small-town widow sacrifices everything so her son can better himself; visiting him in Tokyo, she faces bitter disappointment. "A small masterpiece of haunting grace and economy."-Village Voice

  • A Hen in the Wind

    • Sunday, May 9 7:20pm

    A POW comes home to discover that his wife has prostituted herself to pay their son's hospital bills. "Ozu brilliantly and honestly confronts the postwar moment."-Joan Mellen

  • Woman of Tokyo

    • Friday, May 7 7:30pm

    Judith Rosenberg on Piano. This Depression-era romantic melodrama is "a subtle riot of discordant formal devices....Ozu never made another film like this one, and neither has anyone else."-Village Voice

  • A Mother Should Be Loved

    • Friday, May 7 8:40pm

    Judith Rosenberg on Piano. On the death of their father, brothers discover they had different mothers. A very rare film, demonstrating Ozu's impeccable skill at domestic melodrama.