Yasujirō Ozu
Directing
Born December 11, 1903 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are prominent themes in Ozu's work. His most lauded films include Late Spring (1949), Tokyo Story (1953), Floating Weeds (1959), and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). His reputation has continued to grow since his death, and he is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential directors. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, Ozu's Tokyo Story was voted the greatest film of all time by world directors.
Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ozu Diaries
Self (archive footage)
Ozu
Musume no kekkon
An Autumn Afternoon
Wings of Desire
Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
Self (archive footage)
Danshun
The Radish and the Carrot
Watashi-wa beretto
Youth After School
An Autumn Afternoon
The End of Summer
Late Autumn
Floating Weeds
Good Morning
Equinox Flower
Tokyo Twilight
Early Spring
The Moon Has Risen
Tokyo Story
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Early Summer
The Munekata Sisters
Late Spring
A Hen in the Wind
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
There Was a Father
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Unending Advance
What Did the Lady Forget?
The Only Son
The Lion Dance
College Is a Nice Place
An Inn in Tokyo
An Innocent Maid
A Story of Floating Weeds
A Mother Should Be Loved
Passing Fancy
Dragnet Girl
Woman of Tokyo
Until the Day We Meet Again
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
I Was Born, But...
Spring Comes from the Ladies
Tokyo Chorus
The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman
The Lady and the Beard
Young Lady
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
The Revengeful Spirit of Eros
That Night's Wife
I Flunked, But...
Walk Cheerfully
A Primer on Marriage
A Straightforward Boy
The Life of an Office Worker
I Graduated, But...
Fighting Friends
Days of Youth
Treasure Mountain
Physical Beauty
Pumpkin
Wife Lost
Dreams of Youth
Sword of Penitence