I watched Farewell to Dream soon after watching Snow Flurry. As beautiful and aspiring as Snow Flurry is, I was not fully convinced by the performances of its cast. However, Farewell To Dream hits the mark. Not only the tone, but the pacing, editing, the story line, and on the mark performances make this film a poignant and classic iteration of the Kinoshita style. While Keisuke Kinoshita has directed a number of films considered more "Classic": 24 Eyes, and Ballad of Narayama, in my view some of his lesser appreciated (?, accessible?) films such as Thus Another Day and Farewell to Dream represent and attain a level of emotional authenticity in Cinema often found missing in even the most Classic, High Art, Films of the "Golden Age" of Japanese Cinema.
