Woman in the Dunes (1964).
Every so often you come across a film that you had never previously heard of, but when you sit down to watch it, it impacts you so much that you… Continue reading "Woman in the Dunes (1964)."
Tag: Yasujiro Ozu
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I Was Born, But… (1932).
In the 1953 film Tokyo Story (reviewed here), directed by Yasujirō Ozu, there is an exchange between two characters which has become one of the most famous moments in the… Continue reading "I Was Born, But… (1932)."
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Late Autumn: Ozu’s generational masterpiece.
The third Yasujiro Ozu movie in our recent appreciation of Japanese Cinema is his 1960 masterpiece Late Autumn. It is a film which continues many of the themes of the… Continue reading "Late Autumn: Ozu’s generational masterpiece."
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The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family: Ozu’s Lesser Masterwork.
Recently in the third in our series of retrospectives on some of my favourite films from Japanese cinema, I wrote of my love for Yasujiro Ozu’s masterpiece Tokyo Story. It is a film which, despite being… Continue reading "The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family: Ozu’s Lesser Masterwork."
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Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story (1953) – A very human tale.
There have been few films which have managed to balance being stylistically distinctive, psychologically interesting, culturally enlightening and, to top it all, entertaining. It’s a list populated by some of the true greats of cinema;… Continue reading "Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story (1953) – A very human tale."
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Rashomon (1950) – Akira Kurosawa & the language of Japanese Cinema.
A long time ago during those first flourishes of cinephilia that would consume my life, I made it my duty to watch as many films as I could. I wanted… Continue reading "Rashomon (1950) – Akira Kurosawa & the language of Japanese Cinema."