a poor couple spend a sunday together . they desperately try to have a good time but their pocket be just too empty to think of anything else . this be one unbelievable film . genre be neo realism but the style be poetic . i think this be kurusowa best . of course it lack the complexity of rashomon and grandeur of ran and brilliance of kagemusha or even novelty of seven samurai but this film be no doubt a fantastic depiction of human misery by the genius himself . there be so many scene where you be so much into the scene that you do not realize that the camera have not move in a long time . for example when girl leave the room and yuzo walk around frustrate the camera doesn not move . it give a very theatrical feel . every single track be a master piece . i love the scene where yuzo go inside a hotel to meet his friend and he see people in change room and staff room . it brilliant . it out of the world . how the hell he think about about such fantastic location . baseball and ticket line and yuzo home and opera and hotel . it just fantastic . parallel allusion drawn with sunshine and rain be phenomenal . significance of the cigarette bud be sheer genius . clap and coffee and home . it unbelievable . i have no idea why people call it kurosawa transitional film . great director make all kind of film . which one be spielberg and kubrick or kiarostami transitional film . i think if a person doesn not like this film then he have no idea what poverty be . positive .