What he doesn’t know is that by night she also works as a prostitute—a secret that has the power to destroy them both.

Shot in just a little over a week, Woman of Tokyo nevertheless abounds with director Yasujiro Ozu’s sophisticated compositional touches (including his emerging use of pillow shots), which enhance the film’s shattering impact.

This screening will be introduced by Dr. Mervyn Marshall, lecturer in Film Studies at Queen's University, Belfast.

Too Much: Melodrama on film is a UK-wide season, supported by BFI National Lottery funding, celebrating the vivid visual language, heightened dramatics and emotional pathos at the heart of film melodrama.