Yasujirō Ozu (1903–1963)
Auteur de Tokyo Story [1953 film]
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Œuvres de Yasujirō Ozu
Stories of Floating Weeds: A Story of Floating Weeds [1934] / Floating Weeds [1959] (1934) — Directeur — 25 exemplaires
Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu (Early Spring / Tokyo Twilight / Equinox Flower / Late Autumn / The End of Summer) (1956) 17 exemplaires
The End of Summer [1961 film] — Directeur — 10 exemplaires
Late Spring / The Only Son — Directeur — 6 exemplaires
The Munekata Sisters [1950 film] 5 exemplaires
The Ozu Collection: The Gangster Films 5 exemplaires
Eclipse Series 42: Silent Ozu - Three Crime Dramas (Walk Cheerfully, That Night's Wife, Dragnet Girl) (2015) — Directeur — 5 exemplaires
The Only Son [1936 film] 4 exemplaires
Early Spring [1956 film] — Directeur — 4 exemplaires
Equinox Flower [1958 film] 4 exemplaires
Early Summer / What Did the Lady Forget? 4 exemplaires
Eclipse Series 10: Silent Ozu - Three Family Comedies (Tokyo Chorus / I Was Born But... / Passing Fancy) — Directeur — 2 exemplaires
Late Autumn / A Mother Should Be Loved — Directeur — 2 exemplaires
Yasujirô Ozu collection 2 exemplaires
Equinox Flower / There Was a Father 2 exemplaires
Gosses de Tokyo [film] 1 exemplaire
Printemps tardif [film] 1 exemplaire
Printemps précoce [film] 1 exemplaire
Passing Fancy [1933 film] 1 exemplaire
The Student Comedies 1 exemplaire
100 jaar Ozu [Bonus disc Yasujiro Ozu Collectie] 1 exemplaire
Good Morning / I Was Born, But … 1 exemplaire
Ozu - Tokyo Twilight / Equinox Flower / Good Morning 1 exemplaire
Equinox Flower | Good Morning | Late Autumn | The End of Summer | An Autumn Afternoon (2017) 1 exemplaire
Late Autumn / An Autumn Afternoon 1 exemplaire
Treasure Mountain [1929 film] — Directeur — 1 exemplaire
Tokyo Chorus [1931 film] 1 exemplaire
Tokyo Chorus | An Inn in Tokyo | I Graduated But … 1 exemplaire
Yasujiro Ozu - Carnets 1933-1966 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Essential Art House, Volume V (Brief Encounter / 8½ / Floating Weeds / Jules and Jim / Kapo / Loves of a Blonde) (2010) — Directeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Ozu, Yasujirō
- Nom légal
- 小津安二郎
- Autres noms
- Maki, James
- Date de naissance
- 1903-12-12
- Date de décès
- 1963-12-12
- Lieu de sépulture
- Engaku-ji, Kamakura, Japan
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Japan
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Japan
- Lieu de naissance
- Tokyo, Japan
- Lieu du décès
- Tokyo, Japan
- Cause du décès
- throat cancer
- Professions
- film director
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 81
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 505
- Popularité
- #49,063
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 52
- Langues
- 8
Cinematographer Yuharu Atsuta beautifully captures Ozu’s minimalist and intimate approach to storytelling. Ozu himself had begun his career in silent films as a cameraman, allowing him to speak with elegance through said lens. Here he allows Atsuta’s camera to linger on an evocative scene, or a face, creating a narrative of depth and poignancy which required a minimum of dialog. Major events are often alluded to, but rarely shown on-screen, as the director shows the fluidity of life in broader terms, by focusing on family and love. Studying American films in Singapore, Ozu had his own vision as a filmmaker, and his works are among the most Japanese in style and substance. Like Orson Welles, he had sort of a stock company of players who appeared in most of his films. Lovely Setsuko Hara is enchanting as Noriko, giving a beautifully realized and realistic performance as an old-fashioned girl who cares so deeply for her widowed father, she has not married, and moved forward with her own life.
Setsuko became a symbol of the golden era in Japanese cinema thanks to Ozu, though she is perhaps even more revered in America. Her talents were vast, but intertwined so closely with the director, she quit films the same year he passed on, living quietly and without publicity. A placidity is immediately captured in Late Spring, the viewer feeling privy to scenes of intimate family life which entrances them, like the warm sake Noriko's father, Shukichi Somiya (Chishu Ryu), drinks in the evening. Noriko is shown to be a lovely and happy girl, full of warmth and humor. Bit by bit, by keeping his camera focused on her, however, the tender portrait of wonderful girl who loves her aging, and often difficult to manage, father is slowly revealed. So deep is her love and affection for him, that she has sacrificed her own prospects at joining the flowing waters of life reaching Japan's shores. Her father's sister, Masa (Haruko Sugimura), broaches this subject, causing him to consider remarriage, something his 27 year old daughter finds repugnant.
Arranging for Noriko to meet an eligible man proves painful, as she must be dragged towards living her own life by her loving father and pushy aunt. Ozu shows Noriko to be independent and remarkable, while at the same time not dismissive of Japanese tradition. The viewer is left wondering if spring has passed for Noriko, and senses her hurt at her father's intention to remarry, and marry her off, even to a man who “looks like Gary Cooper.” This is not the only reference to America, as many baseball terms are used in this Ozu masterpiece, showing the fascination with the sport still rampant in Japanese society.
Noriko is surprised that she likes her suitor, and is encouraged to get married by her good friend, Aya (Yumeji Tsukioka). A quiet conversation between father and daughter, filled with wisdom, is wonderfully captured by Ozu’s camera. Their last trip together to Kyoto will reveal a great sacrifice, however, revealed to Aya over sake. The final shot of Ozu's masterwork is tender, and deeply moving, the canvas he has painted on now fully exposed to the light, and visible for all to see.
A beautiful film of great intimacy, showing both love and sacrifice between a daughter and her father, this is a film which lingers in the heart long after it is over. A lovely film from a fine director, and an excellent example of the less is more school of filmmaking.… (plus d'informations)