Biography
Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. The most prominent themes of Ozu's work are family and marriage, and especially the relationships between generations. His most widely beloved films include Late Spring (1949), Tokyo Story (1953) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962).
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Awards & recognition
- Medal with Purple Ribbon · 1958
- Sutherland Trophy · 1958
- Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director · 1952
- Mainichi Film Award — Best Screenplay · 1950
- Mainichi Film Award — Best Director
Filmography37 titles
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
An Autumn Afternoon
Wings of Desire
Early Summer
Late Autumn
Good Morning
Tokyo Twilight
I Was Born, But...
The End of Summer
Floating Weeds
Early Spring
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Equinox Flower
The Only Son
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
A Story of Floating Weeds
The Munekata Sisters
A Hen in the Wind
An Inn in Tokyo
There Was a Father
The Moon Has Risen
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Woman of Tokyo
Tokyo Chorus
Dragnet Girl
Passing Fancy
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
That Night's Wife
What Did the Lady Forget?
Walk Cheerfully
The Lady and the Beard
A Mother Should Be Loved
I Flunked, But...
I Graduated, But...
A Straightforward Boy
Days of Youth