the films of yasujirō ozu are well known for their unusual approach to film narrative. scenes that most filmmakers would consider obligatory (e.g., the wedding of noriko) are often not shown at all, while apparently extraneous incidents (e.g., the concert attended by hattori but "not" noriko) are given seemingly inordinate prominence. sometimes important narrative information is withheld not only from a major character, but from the viewer, such as the news of hattori’s engagement, about which neither noriko’s father nor the audience has any knowledge until noriko, laughing, informs him. and at times, the filmmaker proceeds, within a scene, to jump from one time frame to another without transition, as when two establishing shots of some travelers waiting for a train on a platform lead to a third shot of the same train already on its way to tokyo.