Ozu's post-war works after "Banshun" were highly evaluated in Japan and were successful, but he became increasingly known as a 'director of old-fashioned domestic-life dramas' after his death.
戦後の『晩春』以降の作品は国内でも評価が高くヒットしたが、死後は「古臭いホームドラマ映画監督」として忘れ去られようとしていた。