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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.
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14 October 1927
Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.
21 November 1935
An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and befriends a woman and her daughter, who are in a similar predicament.
25 October 1929
When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities.
03 November 1953
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo.
05 July 1929
Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.
06 September 1929
Tetsuo Nomoto, a young college graduate tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the fact that he has no job.
09 February 1933
Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.
23 September 1987
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them.
28 September 1928
When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt with their landlord to get revenge.
01 December 1928
A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge by trying his own hand as a painter.
12 May 1959
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set.
12 December 1930
Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalist, 'young miss'.
13 September 1949
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life.
30 April 1957
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
24 November 1929
A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.
27 July 1930
A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in a dance hall.
21 March 1963
"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage.
29 January 1956
A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.
14 December 2003
TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'
05 January 1930
Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with his wife, the young woman and her husband.
07 September 1933
In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take her in.
17 November 1959
A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
29 October 1961
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
01 April 1942
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
18 November 1962
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
07 September 1958
Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage.
03 March 1937
A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka.
03 June 1932
Brothers Keiji and Ryoichi move to a new neighborhood in the Tokyo suburbs after their father, an office clerk, is promoted.
03 October 1930
A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start borrowing money and selling him things he doesn't need, much to his wife's annoyance.
03 October 1951
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28.
19 March 1936
In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs.
08 August 1950
Setsuko is in an unhappy marriage to Mimura, an unemployed, alcoholic engineer. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago.
13 November 1960
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
01 October 1952
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
29 January 1932
A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.
15 September 1936
A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher struggling to support his wife and son.
27 April 1933
A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.
01 March 1941
After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate.
15 August 1931
During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.
11 April 1930
After the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reassess their lives and educations and get back on track.
20 May 1947
A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.
17 September 1948
Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution.
29 April 1928
Lost silent film
23 November 1934
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
13 April 1929
University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing trip.
01 January 1964
A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.
07 February 1931
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.
08 January 1955
Mokichi Asai is a widowed father living in Nara with three daughters—Chizuru, Ayako, and Setsuko. The youngest, Setsuko, plays matchmaker for her older sisters, leading to humorous and awkward romantic entanglements.
11 May 1934
A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.
14 March 1978
A 1978 episode of the French television program Ciné regards, featuring critics Michel Ciment and Georges Perec, that looks back on Ozu’s career.
03 January 1965
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds.
31 August 1928
Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.
14 April 2026
"Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas" (2026) is a Brazilian experimental documentary and film essay directed by Carlos Adriano.
02 September 2025
Unveiling Yasujiro Ozu’s legacy through his personal diaries, letters, and interviews, the documentary delves into his life, creative process, and lasting impact on filmmaking.
20 January 1935
In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the neighborhood.
06 July 1930
In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes with the funds, but complications arise.
01 March 1930
Raucous small-time thief Kenji falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, but when she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him until he proves to be honest.
13 October 1932
When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.
03 November 1937
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future.
28 June 1936
Famous kabuki performer Kikugoro IV performs the Lion Dance, in which a young girl is possessed by the spirit of a lion and transforms into the demonic beast.
