自《那夜的妻子》后已没见这么绝望的小津。战后作品中，多女只这一部发生在严寒的冬季，多女亦只这么一部，探往破碎家庭那缺去的一员。已出嫁的大女儿没法与丈夫相处，回到父亲的家寻找避难所；未出嫁的二女儿忽然怀了孩子，夜夜到夜店等候负心汉的出现。与父亲下属私奔多年的母亲，突然闯进两女儿的生活，可二女儿打掉孩子后，再没法承受残酷的现实。戏剧化的故事在小津晚期作品中不多见，但低调的处理手法炮制了不少经典场面。母亲在辞别东京的列车上不断探头张望女儿一幕，几乎预见老人晚境将至的凄凉。豁达面对生命，是小津往后作品的出路。
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回复 :迈克尔·道格拉斯扮演的威廉·福斯特是一家军工场的工程师，被解雇后心情很压抑。因离婚，小女儿的生日没被邀请，恰好路上堵车，他弃车走进一家杂货铺，想找点零钱打电话，却遭到刁难，他操起垒球棒砸了铺子。在公园休息时，又和流氓打了一架；在快餐店里因和服务生发生争执，他拔出从流氓那里缴获的手枪一阵乱射，此时他已完全失控。最后，他面对退休警官的枪口，不禁自问：“我是坏人吗？”
回复 :When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.
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