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What Did the Lady Forget? U rating

Ozu's comic pre-war feature about a professor who falls into the clutches of his audacious niece.

Comedy 1937 71 mins

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Overview

Ozu's comic pre-war feature plays with the themes of emasculation and feminine assertion. By escaping the strictures of his tyrannical wife, browbeaten Professor Komiya (Tatsuo Saito) falls into the clutches of his audacious niece whose advice, though effective, leaves much to be desired.