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Yasujirō Ozu (小津 安二郎, Ozu Yasujirō, 12 December 1903 – 12 December 1963) was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films , and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s.
Yasujirô Ozu. Writer: Tokyo Story. Tokyo-born Yasujiro Ozu was a movie buff from childhood, often playing hooky from school in order to see Hollywood movies in his local theatre. In 1923 he landed a job as a camera assistant at Shochiku Studios in Tokyo.
Jun 20, 1993 · Yasujiro Ozu was a Japanese film director who died 30 years ago. At the time of his death, he was all but unknown except to Japanese audiences--and even there, his popularity was limited.
Dec 12, 2019 · Yasujiro Ozu: 10 essential films. Your 10-film introduction to the Ozu Cinematic Universe... from Tokyo Story to An Autumn Afternoon.
Aug 13, 2023 · Ozu 120: The Complete Ozu Yasujiro. Presented by the Harvard Film Archive and Shochiku, in partnership with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Japan Foundation, this complete Ozu Yasujiro retrospective offers the rare opportunity to see all of Ozu’s extant films screened on 35mm.
Dec 11, 2015 · With his singular and unwavering style, Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu disregarded the established rules of cinema and created a visual language all his own. Precise compositions, contemplative pacing, low camera angles, and elliptical storytelling are just some of the signature techniques the great filmmaker used to evoke a sense of melancholy ...
Ozu Yasujirō (born Dec. 12, 1903, Tokyo, Japan—died Dec. 12, 1963, Tokyo) was a motion-picture director who originated the shomin-geki (“common-people’s drama”), a genre dealing with lower-middle-class Japanese family life.
