Film director Ozu Yasujirō died on December 12, 1963―his sixtieth birthday. Over the course of the 50 years that have passed since then, numerous attempts have been made to interpret his works.

Ozu Yasujirō, director of the 1953 masterpiece Tokyo Story, was born in 1903 in the very city he depicted numerous times. He lived through dramatic social transformation in his country and played ...

Yasujirō Ozu’s 1929 Short Film ‘A Straightforward Boy’ Has Been Found. The silent comedy will screen at the Kyoto International Film and Art Festival. By Annakeara Stinson ...

Strictly speaking, Yasujirō Ozu is not a household name—at least not on this continent. While he enjoyed some international recognition in the 1950s and 60s, when a few of his works were first ...

Yasujirō Ozu’s masterpiece Dragnet Girl came to Cornell Cinema on Wednesday, accompanied by the electronic ambient music group Coupler.The silent film from 1933 follows the story of a minor ...

Alcoholic and probably gay, looking like an American gangster in his early photos, Yasujirō Ozu nonetheless is the most quintessentially Japanese of filmmakers, though that may say as much about ...

Almost right on time to mark the anniversary of his birth (and death), the folks over at Channel Criswell have put together “Yasujirō Ozu — The Depth Of Simplicity.” The 17-minute video ...

Japan’s Tokyo Film Festival (TIFF) has revealed the official poster for its 2023 edition, which pays tribute to the country’s seminal filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu on the 120th anniversary of his birth.

When Eileen Yoon and Grace Zhang, both BFA Film ’20, attended a screening of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu’s feature Late Spring as part of a course at Pratt, they had no idea it would alter the ...

With ‘Ozu 120,’ Film Forum Offers a Three-Week Window Into the Great Japanese Director’s World. In terms of rhythm, editing, and composition, Ozu is utterly individual. ‘Tokyo Story’ is the place for ...

In James Gunn's Superman, the superhero's furry best friend, Krypto, is immensely loved by everyone. But did you know that, in fact, James Gunn's rescue pup Ozu has an imperative role in the making of ...