Yasujirō Ozu

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-12-11 (60 years old)

Deathday

1963-12-12

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Yasujirō Ozu

Biography

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...

Acting

2023

applechedikal

as Stranger in Photo

1994

1978

Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Talking with Ozu

as Self (archival footage)

Production

1956

Early Spring

as Director

1949

Late Spring

as Director

1949

Late Spring

as Screenplay

1960

Late Autumn

as Director

1960

Late Autumn

as Screenplay

1942

1932

1958

Equinox Flower

as Director

1959

Good Morning

as Director

1961

1961

The End of Summer

as Screenplay

1959

Floating Weeds

as Screenplay

1959

Floating Weeds

as Director

1953

Tokyo Story

as Director

1930

1929

Days of Youth

as Director

1951

Early Summer

as Director

1936

The Only Son

as Story

1936

The Only Son

as Director

1962

An Autumn Afternoon

as Screenplay

1962

1957

Tokyo Twilight

as Director

1964

My Bellett

as Script Supervisor

1935

An Inn in Tokyo

as Director

1931

1930

1948

1931

Tokyo Chorus

as Director

1933

Passing Fancy

as Director

1933

Dragnet Girl

as Director

1933

Woman of Tokyo

as Director

1929

1929

1930

Walk Cheerfully

as Director

1936

The Lion Dance

as Director

2003

Musume no kekkon

as Original Film Writer

1955

The Moon Has Risen

as Screenplay

1929

Fighting Friends

as Director

1929

Days of Youth

as Writer

1948

A Hen in the Wind

as Screenplay

1933

Dragnet Girl

as Story

1930

1933

1950

1950

1963

1935

1942

1937

1964

My Bellett

as Writer

1933

1930

1935

An Innocent Maid

as Director

1930

Young Lady

as Director

1929

1927

1928

Pumpkin

as Director

1928

Physical Beauty

as Director

1928

1928

Wife Lost

as Director

1957

Tokyo Twilight

as Screenplay

1959

Good Morning

as Screenplay

1958

Equinox Flower

as Screenplay

1928

Dreams of Youth

as Director

1928

1928

Pumpkin

as Story

1928

Physical Beauty

as Dialogue

1929

1930

Young Lady

as Idea

1951

Early Summer

as Screenplay

1953

Tokyo Story

as Screenplay

1956

Early Spring

as Screenplay

1987

Wings of Desire

as In Memory Of

2016

2013

Tokyo Family

as Original Film Writer

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