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    What Did the Lady Forget? 1937 POSTER

    What Did the Lady Forget?

    1937

    Japanese

    7.0

    11

    87%

    87%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    geisha

    henpecked husband

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Kenji Ôyama Kenji Ôyama as Mitsuko Yoshikawa Mitsuko Yoshikawa as Mitsuko, widow in Denen-chofu Shûji Sano Shûji Sano as Okada Kimiyo Ôtsuka Kimiyo Ôtsuka as Tokyo geisha
    A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a liberated woman who does whatever she wants, including smoking. She even convinces Koyima to take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada, one of his students, to take her home. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home.
    The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941 POSTER

    The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    1941

    Japanese

    7.2

    10

    86%

    86%

    Action

    Drama

    post war japan

    sibling relationship

    yoshikawa

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Toshiaki Konoe Toshiaki Konoe as Yoshiko Tsubouchi Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Ayako Mieko Takamine Mieko Takamine as Setsuko Toda Reikichi Kawamura Reikichi Kawamura as Suzuki
    After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate.
    An Autumn Afternoon 1962 POSTER

    An Autumn Afternoon

    1962

    Japanese

    8.0

    10

    95%

    90%

    Action

    criterion

    Drama

    existential loneliness

    family relationships

    japan

    tokyo, japan

    widower

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Masao Oda Masao Oda as Dousousei Watanabe Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Sakuma - The 'Gourd' Shinobu Asaji Shinobu Asaji as Youko Sasaki, hisho Teruo Yoshida Teruo Yoshida as Yutaka Miura
    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
    Floating Weeds 1959 POSTER

    Floating Weeds

    1959

    Japanese

    7.9

    19

    96%

    91%

    Action

    Drama

    family abandonment

    japan

    love

    mistress

    remake

    travelling players

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Hitomi Nozoe Hitomi Nozoe as Aiko Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Kayo Hiroshi Kawaguchi Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Kiyoshi Homma Machiko Kyô Machiko Kyô as Sumiko
    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
    The Only Son 1936 POSTER

    The Only Son

    1936

    Japanese

    7.7

    7

    86%

    86%

    1930s

    Drama

    parent child relationship

    tokyo, japan

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Mitsuko Yoshikawa Mitsuko Yoshikawa as O-Taka Chishû Ryû Chishû Ryû as Professor Ookubo Masao Hayama Masao Hayama as Ryosuke Nonomiya, Yoshiko Tsubouchi Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Sugiko
    A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.
    I Was Born, But... 1932 POSTER

    I Was Born, But...

    1932

    Japanese

    7.8

    19

    Action

    childhood

    Comedy

    Drama

    japan

    kid gang

    neighborhood

    silent film

    suburb

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Michio Sato Michio Sato as Asobi nakama Masao Hayama Masao Hayama as Asobi nakama Mitsuko Yoshikawa Mitsuko Yoshikawa as Haha Chishû Ryû Chishû Ryû as (uncredited)
    Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of childhood as well as the tragedy of maturity.
    There Was a Father 1942 POSTER

    There Was a Father

    1942

    Japanese

    7.5

    4

    100%

    82%

    Drama

    father son relationship

    math teacher

    schoolteacher

    single father

    textile worker

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Kenji Ôyama Kenji Ôyama as Reikô Tani Reikô Tani as Chishû Ryû Chishû Ryû as Shuhei Horikawa Shin Saburi Shin Saburi as Yasutaro Kurokawa
    Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
    Tokyo Twilight 1957 POSTER

    Tokyo Twilight

    1957

    Japanese

    8.0

    32

    100%

    92%

    Action

    book trsnslator

    daughter

    Drama

    mahjong

    post war japan

    sibling relationship

    tokyo, japan

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Masami Taura Masami Taura as Kenji Kimura Isuzu Yamada Isuzu Yamada as Kisako Aijima Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Takako Numata
    Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
    The Munekata Sisters 1950 POSTER

    The Munekata Sisters

    1950

    Japanese

    7.4

    3

    89%

    89%

    Action

    Drama

    generation gap

    sisters

    troubled marriage

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Mariko Munekata Yoshiko Tsubouchi Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Mieko Reikichi Kawamura Reikichi Kawamura as Sangin's customer Sanae Takasugi Sanae Takasugi as Yoriko Mashita
    Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. Now he is back and Mariko tries to reunite them. She too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.
    Dragnet Girl 1933 POSTER

    Dragnet Girl

    1933

    Japanese

    6.9

    7

    Crime

    Drama

    Romance

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Jôji Oka Jôji Oka as Jyoji Yumeko Aizome Yumeko Aizome as Misako Chishû Ryû Chishû Ryû as Policeman Reikô Tani Reikô Tani as Secretary
    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 End of Summer 1961 POSTER

    The End of Summer

    1961

    Japanese

    7.7

    11

    brewery

    Drama

    family relationships

    kyoto, japan

    sake

    shōwa era (1926-89)

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Akiko Hisaya Morishige Hisaya Morishige as Isomura Eiichirou Akira Takarada Akira Takarada as Teramoto Tadashi Reiko Dan Reiko Dan as Yuriko, her daughter
    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.
    Good Morning 1959 POSTER

    Good Morning

    1959

    Japanese

    7.8

    19

    94%

    87%

    Action

    adults vs kids

    brotherhood

    Comedy

    Drama

    Family

    japan

    parent child relationship

    protest

    television

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Itô Sensei - Minoru's Teacher Keijirô Morozumi Keijirô Morozumi as Junsa Kôji Shitara Kôji Shitara as Minoru Hayashi Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Tomizawa
    A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
    Early Spring 1956 POSTER

    Early Spring

    1956

    Japanese

    7.7

    17

    100%

    87%

    Action

    co-workers relationship

    Drama

    extramarital affair

    failing marriage

    japan

    post war japan

    tokyo, japan

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Masami Taura Masami Taura as Kôichi Kitagawa Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Tanabe Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Tokichi Hattori Keijirô Morozumi Keijirô Morozumi as Tsuji
    A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
    Tokyo Story 1953 POSTER

    Tokyo Story

    1953

    Japanese

    8.1

    64

    100%

    93%

    Action

    beach

    Drama

    dream

    dreams

    fish

    gift

    live action

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Keijirô Morozumi Keijirô Morozumi as Junsa Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Noriko Hirayama Toyo Takahashi Toyo Takahashi as Rinka no saikun Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Sanpei Numata
    The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
    Late Autumn 1960 POSTER

    Late Autumn

    1960

    Japanese

    7.9

    21

    100%

    87%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    bungled plot

    Comedy

    co-worker relationship

    co-workers relationship

    Drama

    literature

    widow and widower

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Akiko Miwa Miyuki Kuwano Miyuki Kuwano as Michiko Yoshie Minami Yoshie Minami as Sakae Kuwata
    A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
    Early Summer 1951 POSTER

    Early Summer

    1951

    Japanese

    8.0

    23

    100%

    92%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    family relationships

    marriage proposal

    matchmaking

    post war japan

    post world war ii

    Romance

    tokyo, japan

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Toyo Takahashi Toyo Takahashi as Nobu Tamura Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Noriko Mamiya Ichirô Sugai Ichirô Sugai as Shukichi Mamiya Kuniko Igawa Kuniko Igawa as Takako
    A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
    A Hen in the Wind 1948 POSTER

    A Hen in the Wind

    1948

    Japanese

    7.4

    8

    Drama

    guilt

    post world war ii

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Kôji Mitsui Kôji Mitsui as Hideo Chishû Ryû Chishû Ryû as Kazuichiro Satake Reiko Minakami Reiko Minakami as Orie Noma Shûji Sano Shûji Sano as Shuichi Amamiya
    Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from WWII to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together they must deal with the consequences.
    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice 1952 POSTER

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    1952

    Japanese

    7.6

    14

    93%

    89%

    Action

    arranged marriage

    Drama

    husband wife relationship

    lie

    marital tensions

    niece

    tokyo, japan

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Kôji Shitara Kôji Shitara as Koji Yamauchi Eijirô Yanagi Eijirô Yanagi as Naosuke Yamauchi Keiko Tsushima Keiko Tsushima as Setsuko Yamauchi Mie Kitahara Mie Kitahara as Waitress
    The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
    Equinox Flower 1958 POSTER

    Equinox Flower

    1958

    Japanese

    7.8

    14

    89%

    87%

    Action

    Comedy

    daughter

    Drama

    father daughter conflict

    shōwa era (1926-89)

    tradition

    wedding

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Miyuki Kuwano Miyuki Kuwano as Hisako Hirayama Ureo Egawa Ureo Egawa as Schoolmate Nakanishi Toyo Takahashi Toyo Takahashi as Wakamatsu's owner
    Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
    Late Spring 1949 POSTER

    Late Spring

    1949

    Japanese

    8.2

    33

    100%

    92%

    Action

    black and white

    Comedy

    Drama

    post world war ii

    serene

    shōwa era (1926-89)

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Masao Mishima Masao Mishima as Jo Onodera Yoshiko Tsubouchi Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Kiku Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Noriko Somiya Toyo Takahashi Toyo Takahashi as Shige
    Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
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