Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going cause they were holding on to something. That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. #Sam, well speech!!!!
Simple in form yet complex in nature. In this exquisite confluence of infinite and infinitesimal, Ozu calmly observes human nature and inevitable erosion of familial relations in rapidly changing world, with restriction, respect, and poignancy; time is his most potent weapon.