| Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (Shimazu, 1934) is a delightful comedy/drama about the friendship between two neighboring
families set in contemporary suburban Japan. The plot concerns a love
triangle between a law student who “looks like Frederic March” and the
two sisters next door, one of whom is newly separated from her husband.
In a lot of ways, this feels like the most modern (and westernized)
Japanese movie of its era – the characters play baseball, watch a Betty
Boop cartoon and engage in hilarious, flirtatious banter. The exchanges
between the law student and the younger sister in particular (the Miss
Yae of the title) are highly memorable and infectiously fun. |
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