Yasujirō Ozu
December 11, 1903 · 122 years old
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 them…
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19 titles
Tokyo Story
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
Late Spring
Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
Good Morning
Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.
An Autumn Afternoon
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
Early Summer
A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
Floating Weeds
The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous.
I Was Born, But...
Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.
Late Autumn
A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
Tokyo Twilight
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.
Equinox Flower
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.
The End of Summer
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.
The Only Son
A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him, finding him a poor school teacher with a wife and son.
Early Spring
A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.
There Was a Father
A schoolteacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, having neither money nor future prospects.
A Hen in the Wind
A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.
The Munekata Sisters
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a drinking habit. She's always been in love with Hiroshi, but he left for France years ago without proposing. Now he is back and Mariko (Setsuko's sister) tries t...
Dragnet Girl
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.
The Moon Has Risen
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationships.