perhaps the strangest tribute of all is yet another "pink" film, "", also known as "spring bride" or "my brother's wife" ("hentai kazoku: aniki no yomesan", 1983), director masayuki suo's first film. it has been called "perhaps the only film that ever replicated ozu’s style down to the most minute detail. the story, style, characters, and settings constantly invoke ozu’s iconography, and especially "late spring."" as in ozu's classic, the narrative has a wedding which is never shown on screen and suo consistently imitates the older master's "much posited predilection for carefully composed static shots from a low camera angle... affectionately poking fun at the restrained and easy going 'life goes on' philosophy of its model." nornes indicates that this film is significant because it points up the fact that ozu's films are enjoyed in different ways by two different audiences: as emotion-laden family stories by general audiences, and as exercises in cinematic style by sophisticated film fans.