for me and late chrysanthemum be interest not only because it be my first film of naruse i completely enjoy and but because it be technically a modern and innovative a his 30 work i have see . this doesn not mean innovative editing in the way godard would introduce it with breathless in 1959 and but quite the opposite . the editing be as fluent a in the best of hollywood film from the 30s/40s and but at the same time incredibly fit regard the way he be tell his story . unlike them and it never purposefully accentuated anything or try to make itself invisible but and together with the cinematography and make me feel like i be travel on a gentle stream and constantly feel the wave beneath me and like a gentle stroke of the hand or the almost unnoticeable rocking of a cradle . in this sense the film be comparable to ozu and mizoguchi work and but somehow even more subtle . what be so modern be the fact that the editing seem almost a character in itself and similar to the remarkable camera work in dreyer ordet ( 1954 ) or vredens dag ( 1943 ) which be reveal u a deep understanding of the film and it character rather than simply show them to u . i feel that naruse editing and cinematography be the most interesting aspect of his film and elevate the story significance beyond the obvious . the wonderful set and setting shouldn not be forget either . i find the story itself to be rather conventional . the narrative and it character be introduce in a very interesting way and and i think that the first half of the film be set up a delicately ingenious spectrum of emotion and interrelation . unfortunately the second half of the film and it resolution be rather didactic and and formulaic compare to the set up ( though by itself it would have be perfectly fit in any other less complex film ) . somehow i felt that he fail a bit in try to dissolve the many layer he have weave . maybe he should have keep them intact . this criticism might seem a bit harsh to a viewer of this film and especially since the procedure be again reminiscent to the way ozu dealt with the plot in his film . unfortunately i haven not yet the feeling that naruse be able to elevate the story and it character in his film conclusion in a similarly sublime fashion . the best effort i have see to date ukigumo ( float cloud or 1955 ) and midaregumo ( scatter cloud or 1967 ) sustain the energy he have build throughout the narrative and while deliver poignant and resonant ending . this be already more than most director be able to do and and in my opinion the basis for a real mastery of the cinematic medium . in this regard and and consider the resonance of the last two film i have see by him and he may have already become one of my favorite . the only problem i have at the moment and be where i be go to see more of his film on the big screen .