Yasujiro Ozu Movies

Yasujiro Ozu DVD movie Two young brothers in suburban Japan demand a television set from their father, and are promptly told to shut up. In protest, the boys take their father at his word and cease speaking, refusing to say even "good morning" to the neighborhood ladies, causing a neighborhood quarrel. This reconfigured remake of Ozu's I WAS BORN, BUT... brings the focus on ...

Yasujiro Ozu movies buy Yasujiro Ozu's most widely distributed and best-known film presents the story of an elderly couple in post World War II Japan who come to Tokyo to visit their various children and realize that the family has essentially fallen apart. The couple is received coldly by their two modernized children and only their widowed daughter-in-law seems glad to see them. The ...

Yasujiro Ozu videos DVDs purchase In his final film Yasujiro Ozu returns to the story of a widowed father giving up his favorite daughter in marriage, only to be left alone. The setting is the industrialized Japan of the 1960s, with small but intense traces of traditional Japanese culture and morals present in each of the characters and their struggles. The melancholy of the widowed ...

Yasujiro Ozu movies buy Continuing his exploration of the Japanese family and it's permutations and variations, LATE SPRING is Yasujiro Ozu's fragile tale of a young woman, a bit older than marrying age in traditional Japanese society, who lives a tranquil life with her widowed father. The father begins to worry that his beloved daughter may never leave him and thus spoil her chances ...

Yasujiro Ozu DVD movie Director Yasujiro Ozu is often revered for his poignant observations of family life. These early silent films showcase all the themes of familial struggle that would show up in his later work, along with a comic touch that some may find surprising. This collection of three domestic comedies--made during his tenure at Shochiku studios and supplied with new scores by ...

Yasujiro Ozu videos DVDs purchase In this charming, accessible Yasujiro Ozu drama comprised of several episodic stories, Noriko, a young Japanese woman accustomed to a sense of independence is bullied into a family-arranged marriage, revealing an astute study of generational and cultural conflicts. The juxtapositions between traditional Japanese societal roles and the encroaching popularity of western influenced modes of behavior are personified by the daughter ...

Yasujiro Ozu movies buy In this sly and subtle Japanese morality tale, Yasujiro Ozu observes a stray Kabuki troupe as they follow their leader to a small coastal village. The troupe puts on a shambling performance and questions their vocation. Meanwhile, the troupe leader visits an old mistress and their illegitimate son who believes the man to be his uncle. Allegiances and alliances are ...

Yasujiro Ozu videos DVDs purchase This five-film collection hails from the latter half of celebrated director Yasujiro Ozu's remarkable career. It includes EARLY SPRING, the tale of a married salesman who embarks on an ill-fated affair with a coworker; TOKYO TWILIGHT, in which a family's past and present traumas emerge one winter; EQUINOX FLOWER, Ozu's first color film, the comic story of two rebellious teenage ...

Yasujiro Ozu DVD movie Yasujiro Ozu is universally regarded as one of world cinema's most important directors. This release contains two of the master's most heartbreaking films, which tell the same tale: A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (1934) and FLOATING WEEDS (1959). When an actor returns to the small town that raised him, a ...