Japan’s Tokyo Film Festival (TIFF) has revealed the official poster for its 2023 edition, which pays tribute to the country’s seminal filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu on the 120th anniversary of his birth.

Two of the most anticipated Japanese films releasing this year — Kei Ishikawa’s mystery drama A Man (2022) and a digitally remastered version of Yasujirō Ozu’s timeless classic A Hen in the ...

In James Gunn's Superman, the superhero's furry best friend, Krypto, is immensely loved by everyone. But did you know that, in fact, James Gunn's rescue pup Ozu has an imperative role in the making of ...

Strictly speaking, Yasujirō Ozu is not a household name—at least not on this continent. While he enjoyed some international recognition in the 1950s and 60s, when a few of his works were first ...

Yasujirō Ozu’s 1929 Short Film ‘A Straightforward Boy’ Has Been Found. The silent comedy will screen at the Kyoto International Film and Art Festival. By Annakeara Stinson ...

With ‘Ozu 120,’ Film Forum Offers a Three-Week Window Into the Great Japanese Director’s World. In terms of rhythm, editing, and composition, Ozu is utterly individual. ‘Tokyo Story’ is the place for ...

When Eileen Yoon and Grace Zhang, both BFA Film ’20, attended a screening of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu’s feature Late Spring as part of a course at Pratt, they had no idea it would alter the ...

Ozu Yasujirō, director of the 1953 masterpiece Tokyo Story, was born in 1903 in the very city he depicted numerous times. He lived through dramatic social transformation in his country and played ...

Almost right on time to mark the anniversary of his birth (and death), the folks over at Channel Criswell have put together “Yasujirō Ozu — The Depth Of Simplicity.” The 17-minute video ...

Blu-ray film review by Graham Rickson. Yasujirō Ozu began his directorial career began in 1927 but didn’t make a sound film until 1937, and 1932’s I Was Born, But… is notable for the paucity of ...

Following our successful mini-season celebrating the vibrant action cinema of Akira Kurosawa last month, this December Showroom Cinema is shining a spotlight on another heavyweight of Japanese ...

Film director Ozu Yasujirō died on December 12, 1963―his sixtieth birthday. Over the course of the 50 years that have passed since then, numerous attempts have been made to interpret his works.