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. What ...

A recent exhibit at the National Film Center in Tokyo showcases the refined artistic sensibilities of the renowned film director Ozu Yasujirō. The diverse array of objects displayed includes not only ...

Godzilla will no doubt scoff the global box office this weekend, and the roaring and gnashing of teeth on screen will find its analogue in the chaos of online debate between irate 1954 Gojira purists ...

Family is where we learn everything, including the sweeping urge to be done with family. Family is a basis of every narrative art, even if it offers us the humbling insight that our lives are all so ...

In the clip above, I discuss Yasujiro Ozu’s “An Autumn Afternoon,” from 1962. With an intense tenderness for his characters and an exquisite sensitivity to their slightest emotional tremors, Ozu (who ...

A Yasujiro Ozu film is instantly exhilarating because of the tension between his rigorously economic style, with its profoundly evocative images, and his warm compassion for the Japanese. It lifts his ...

YOKOHAMA--A 16mm film print of an extended version of Yasujiro Ozu’s 1929 silent film “A Straightforward Boy” has been found, containing about six minutes of long-lost footage. A short version of the ...

Regarded as one of the world's greatest filmmakers, Ozu’s often slow-paced chronicles of everyday lives in postwar Japan continue to charm fellow directors and audiences alike. By Gavin J Blair ...