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Tag Archives: Yasujirô Ozu
That Night’s Wife (1930) Yasujirô Ozu, Mitsuko Ichimura, Tokihiko Okada, Chishû Ryû
A desperate man with a sick daughter decides to commit a robbery in order to help her. Read More »
A Mother Should Be Loved (1934) Yasujirô Ozu, Yûkichi Iwata, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Den Ohinata
The film tells of the strained relationship between a mother and her two sons after the death of the family patriarch. Read More »
Dragnet Girl (1933) Yasujirô Ozu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Jôji Oka, Sumiko Mizukubo
Tokiko is an office typist who is more pleased at catching the owner’s son attention than he knows. Read More »
Passing fancy (1933) Yasujirô Ozu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Fushimi, Den Ohinata
After the death of his wife, a man struggles to raise his son in nearly overwhelming poverty. Read More »
The Lady and the Beard (1931) Yasujirô Ozu, Tokihiko Okada, Hiroko Kawasaki, Chôko Iida
A bearded kendo champion has difficulties in life because of his conservative ways and his unusual beard. Read More »
I Flunked, But… (1930) Yasujirô Ozu, Tatsuo Saitô, Kaoru Futaba, Kinuyo Tanaka
A story of a college student (Tatsuo Saitô) and his schoolmates trying to pass the exams by cheating. Read More »
I Was Born, But… (1932) Yasujirô Ozu, Tatsuo Saitô, Tomio Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Read More »
A Hen in the Wind (1948) Yasujirô Ozu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Shûji Sano, Chieko Murata
Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband’s return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. Read More »
An Inn in Tokyo (1935) Yasujirô Ozu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Yoshiko Okada, Chôko Iida, Drama
Unemployed Kihachi and his two sons struggle to make ends meet. But that doesn’t keep Kihachi from wooing single mother Otaka. Read More »