Chapters 9 and 13 (criterion collection edition) begin very similarly: [9] starts with the father at Masa’s and with Noriko doing chores around the house, followed by a shot of the father in the lane returning home; [13] begins with Noriko at Masa’s and with her father doing similar household chores in the same locations around the house, followed by a lane shot of Noriko returning home. So there’s a striking parallelism to be observed between these scenes. In any case, what follows is a list of all of the “lane shots” in the film, the shots of Shukichi or Noriko returning home down the lane.
CH... WHO……..NIGHT/DAY……..RETURNING FROM……..WEARING
[3] Noriko, day, returning from tea house, wearing Kimono, sandals, black purse, walking from shadowy area beneath trees to sunlight in front of door.
[9] Shukichi, evening, returning from Tokyo (Masa’s house), wearing coat, tie, hat, carrying brief case, two electric lights.
[13] Noriko, day, returning from Tokyo (Masa’s house), a plain white dress, holding purse with central stripe with two hands. Similar to [3] but more shadow in foreground.
[13] Noriko, day, leaving home, dressed as before, now carrying a bag for shopping.
[17] Noriko, [afternoon, early evening?], returning from Tokyo Aya’s house, a darker dress than in [9], two piece, with white collar strikingly matching white heeled shoes, a black purse. Electric lights visible.
[22] Cars in lane, children with baseball.
[22] Cars in lane, people crowding around fence opening.
[23] Shukichi, night, returning from wedding in Tokyo, wearing tuxedo, smoking, no brief case, 2 electric lights visible.
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