bordwell points out that the opening scene of "late spring" "begins at the railroad station, where the characters "aren’t". a later scene will do exactly the same thing, showing the train station before showing [the characters] already hurtling towards tokyo… in tokyo, [professor] onodera and noriko discuss going to an art exhibit; cut to a sign for the exhibit, then to the steps of the art gallery; cut to the two in a bar, after they’ve gone to the exhibit."