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This article is from the ITAMI Juzo, OZU Yasujiro, and the Japanese Cinema FAQ, by TANAKA Tomoyuki tanaka@cs.indiana.edu with numerous contributions by others.

2. OZU Yasujiro

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when i first saw an Ozu film ("Akibiyori") some 20 years ago,
what struck me first was how different it was from the films i
was used to: Hollywood films.

in Ozu's films, nothing happens that you expect happens in
Hollywood films: there's no extravagant love story, nobody's
killed, no other crime takes place, no ship sinks, nor is there
any other disaster.

in Ozu's later films (which i like), basically three kinds of
things occur:
1. a young daughter gets married.
2. her windower father (Ryuu) is happy and sad about the marriage.
3. (optional) an old person dies.

Jungian psychologist KAWAI Hayao relates some Americans'
reactions to an Ozu film:
--- "I just can not think of it as one integrated film."
--- "Why does the film end when the story hasn't ended?"

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* Record of a Tenement Gentleman 1947, Director, Screenwriter
* Late Spring 1949, Director
* Early Summer 1951, Director

* Tokyo Story 1953, Director
* Equinox Flower 1958, Director
* The Floating Weeds 1959, Director

* Good Morning 1959, Director
* An Autumn Afternoon 1962, Director, Screenwriter

[many more]

 

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