Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 11, 1903
Died
Dec 12, 1963
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Credits
68 titles
Yasujirō Ozu
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ozu Diaries
Self (archive footage)
Ozu
Original Story
Lil’ Tokyo Story
Writer
Musume no kekkon
Original Film Writer
An Autumn Afternoon
Screenplay
Wings of Desire
In Memory Of
Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
Self (archive footage)
Danshun
Original Story
The Radish and the Carrot
Story
Watashi-wa beretto
Script Supervisor
Youth After School
Writer
An Autumn Afternoon
Director
The End of Summer
Director
Late Autumn
Director
Floating Weeds
Director
Good Morning
Director
Equinox Flower
Director
Tokyo Twilight
Director
Early Spring
Director
The Moon Has Risen
Screenplay
Tokyo Story
Director
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Director
Early Summer
Director
The Munekata Sisters
Screenplay
Late Spring
Screenplay
A Hen in the Wind
Director
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Director
There Was a Father
Director
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Director
Unending Advance
Story
What Did the Lady Forget?
Director
The Only Son
Story
The Lion Dance
Director
College Is a Nice Place
Director
An Inn in Tokyo
Director
An Innocent Maid
Director
A Story of Floating Weeds
Director
A Mother Should Be Loved
Director
Passing Fancy
Director
Dragnet Girl
Director
Woman of Tokyo
Director
Until the Day We Meet Again
Director
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Director
I Was Born, But...
Director
Spring Comes from the Ladies
Director
Tokyo Chorus
Director
The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman
Director
The Lady and the Beard
Director
Young Lady
Director