This is one of the best, quietest, most fart filled protest films I’ve seen. It is so great how Ozu uses this town to explore human nature and how we act with one another — especially with all of life’s hypocrisies. Each story has a way of interacting with every other one. The determination of these two kids to remain quiet with everyone until they have a TV is so admirable with the little kid being so adorable. By doing so they are thumbing their noses at the system while all of the adults act more like childish gossips than role models or people in charge.
