Teruaki Sato of the Hanshin Tigers hits a three-run home run in the fifth inning of a game against the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 20, 2025.

In 1949’s “Late Spring,” a movie about whether or not the heroine (played by Ozu’s favorite actress, Setsuko Hara) will agree to leave home and marry, we never get even a glimpse of the ...