{"product_id":"9781907903458","title":"Noriko Smiling by Adam Mars-Jones","description":"`Late Spring, directed and co-written by Yasujiro Ozu, was released in 1949, which makes it an old film, or a film that has been new for a long time.' So begins this remarkable essay in narrative reconstruction. Film-critic, novelist and essayist Mars-Jones gives a virtuoso performance as the lost figure of film explainer, drawing out a host of meaning from the reticence of Ozu's classic Japanese movie.   `So long after its first release?Late Spring?is still limber and elusive,' enthuses Mars-Jones.?Noriko Smiling?breathes new life into both Ozu's film, and film studies as a whole. There has never been a film book like this.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313118884213,"sku":"9781907903458","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781907903458.jpg?v=1762825482","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781907903458","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}