Post by teleadm on Dec 12, 2018 9:32:01 GMT
Yasujirō Ozu (小津 安二郎) 115 remembered.
Japanese film director and screenwriter who began his career during the era of silent films. He 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.
Ozu was born in the Fukagawa district of Tokyo, the second son of five brothers and sisters.
He frequently skipped school to watch films such as Quo Vadis 1913 film or The Last Days of Pompei. In 1917 he saw the film Civilization and decided that he wanted to be a film director.
His reputation has continued to grow since his death in 1963, 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.
懺悔の刃 aka Sword of Penitence 1927 marked Ozu's movie debut as director, after working his way up through the movie industry. This movie is considered lost.
学生ロマンス 若き日 aka Student Romance: Days of Youth 1929, is the earliest of Ozu's work as director that is not lost.
大人の見る繪本 生れてはみたけれど aka I Was Born, But... 1932, a comedy about childhood with serious overtones, was received by movie critics as the first notable work of social criticism in Japanese cinema, winning Ozu wide acclaim.
浮草物語 aka A Story of Floating Weeds 1934
ひとり息子 aka His Only Son 1936, having had difficulty in adapting to sound movies, this was his first with spoken dialog, five years after Japan's first sound film.
戸田家の兄妹 aka Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941. Having been drafted in 1937 and getting scripts rejected by military censors, this marked a temporary return.
父ありき aka There Was a Father 1942. After this Ozu was drafted again, to make military propaganda movies.
長屋紳士録 aka The Record of a Tenement Gentleman 1947, returning to movies.
晩春 aka Late Spring 1949, the first in the so called Noriko trilogy.
麥秋 aka Early Summer 1951, the second in the Noriko trilogy.
お茶漬けの味 aka The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice 1952, based on a script that had been rejected by the military censors in 1939.
東京物語 aka Tokyo Story 1953, the third in the Noriko trilogy.
早春 aka Early Spring 1956
東京暮色 aka Tokyo Twilight 1957
彼岸花 aka Equinox Flower
1958, this was Ozu's first colour movie (Agfacolor).
お早よう aka Good Morning 1959, a loose remake of his own silent 1932 movie I Was Born, But....
浮草 aka Floating Weeds 1959, a remake of his own A Story of Floating Weeds.
秋日和 aka Late Autumn 1960
小早川家の秋 aka The End of Summer 1961
秋刀魚の味 aka An Autumn Afternoon 1962, this was Ozu's last movie.
His work was only rarely shown overseas before the 1960s.
He served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan from 1955 to his death in 1963.
Ozu remained single throughout his life and lived with his mother until she died, less than two years before his own death.
Ozu died in 1963 of cancer on his 60th birthday.
Thoughts, opinions and/or lists are as always welcome!
Thanks for watching!
OT: Knowing very well about Ozu, I still feel I've been out a bit in unknown territory here, but thought him worthy of his own thread.
Japanese film director and screenwriter who began his career during the era of silent films. He 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.
Ozu was born in the Fukagawa district of Tokyo, the second son of five brothers and sisters.
He frequently skipped school to watch films such as Quo Vadis 1913 film or The Last Days of Pompei. In 1917 he saw the film Civilization and decided that he wanted to be a film director.
His reputation has continued to grow since his death in 1963, 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.
懺悔の刃 aka Sword of Penitence 1927 marked Ozu's movie debut as director, after working his way up through the movie industry. This movie is considered lost.
学生ロマンス 若き日 aka Student Romance: Days of Youth 1929, is the earliest of Ozu's work as director that is not lost.
大人の見る繪本 生れてはみたけれど aka I Was Born, But... 1932, a comedy about childhood with serious overtones, was received by movie critics as the first notable work of social criticism in Japanese cinema, winning Ozu wide acclaim.
浮草物語 aka A Story of Floating Weeds 1934
ひとり息子 aka His Only Son 1936, having had difficulty in adapting to sound movies, this was his first with spoken dialog, five years after Japan's first sound film.
戸田家の兄妹 aka Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941. Having been drafted in 1937 and getting scripts rejected by military censors, this marked a temporary return.
父ありき aka There Was a Father 1942. After this Ozu was drafted again, to make military propaganda movies.
長屋紳士録 aka The Record of a Tenement Gentleman 1947, returning to movies.
晩春 aka Late Spring 1949, the first in the so called Noriko trilogy.
麥秋 aka Early Summer 1951, the second in the Noriko trilogy.
お茶漬けの味 aka The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice 1952, based on a script that had been rejected by the military censors in 1939.
東京物語 aka Tokyo Story 1953, the third in the Noriko trilogy.
早春 aka Early Spring 1956
東京暮色 aka Tokyo Twilight 1957
彼岸花 aka Equinox Flower
1958, this was Ozu's first colour movie (Agfacolor).
お早よう aka Good Morning 1959, a loose remake of his own silent 1932 movie I Was Born, But....
浮草 aka Floating Weeds 1959, a remake of his own A Story of Floating Weeds.
秋日和 aka Late Autumn 1960
小早川家の秋 aka The End of Summer 1961
秋刀魚の味 aka An Autumn Afternoon 1962, this was Ozu's last movie.
His work was only rarely shown overseas before the 1960s.
He served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan from 1955 to his death in 1963.
Ozu remained single throughout his life and lived with his mother until she died, less than two years before his own death.
Ozu died in 1963 of cancer on his 60th birthday.
Thoughts, opinions and/or lists are as always welcome!
Thanks for watching!
OT: Knowing very well about Ozu, I still feel I've been out a bit in unknown territory here, but thought him worthy of his own thread.
