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Yasujiro Ozu, Japan
Born 1903; died 1963. He grew up in Tokyo and went to school in Matsuzaka, where he also worked as a teacher’s assistant in a village school. In 1923, he began working as an assistant cameraman for the film company Shochiku. He later became an assistant director, and in 1927 a director for the company, which produced 51 of his 54 films. He began with comedies and moved on to quiet dramas about families and society. His minimalist, austere style has inspired younger directors such as Wim Wenders…

There Was A Father
Yasujiro Ozu
Japan, 1942
Japan
1942
87 min.
CH
Japanese
Ever since his wife died, Horikawa (Chishu Ryu) has been single-handedly raising his son Ryohei ...
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Early Spring
Yasujiro Ozu
Japan, 1956
Japan
1956
145 min.
CH
Japanese
Office worker Shoji Sugiyama (Ryo IKEBE) braves crowded rush hour trains every morning to commute ...
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Early Summer - Bakushu
Yasujiro Ozu
Japan, 1951
Japan
1951
125 min.
DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD
CH
Japanisch
The 1951 film, about a young woman named Noriko whose family is trying to marry her off, is one of ...
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I was born, but - Umarete wa mita keredo
Yasujiro Ozu
Japan, 1932
Japan
1932
91 min.
35mm, DVD, DCP
CH, DE, AT
stumm - muet
Yoshii, his wife and their two sons, Ryoichi and Keiji, move into a Tokyo suburb. The head of ...
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Late Autumn - Akibiyori
Yasujiro Ozu
Japan, 1960
Japan
1960
128 min.
Blu-ray, DCP
CH, DE, AT
Japanisch/d/f
Seven years after the death of a close friend, three middle-aged men plan to arrange a marriage for ...
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Late Spring - Banshun
Yasujiro Ozu
Japan, 1949
Japan
1949
108 min.
35mm, DVD, DCP
CH, DE, AT
Japanisch/d/f
Twenty-seven-year-old Noriko lives with her widowed father, a university professor, in a small house ...
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Yasujiro Ozu
Japan, 1947
Japan
1947
72 min.
CH
Japanese/d/f
This is director Yasujiro Ozu’s first post-WWII film following his return from Singapore. New homes ...
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