Yasujiro Ozu

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Yasujiro Ozu (小津安二郎 Ozu Yasujirō December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh 1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City 1719 - The first U.S. newspaper (the Boston Gazette) is published 1781 - The British... December 12, 1903 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1903 From Wikipedia 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since... 1903 - December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh 1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City 1719 - The first U.S. newspaper (the Boston Gazette) is published 1781 - The British... December 12, Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany January 28 - Black student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson College in... 1963) was an influential Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area - Total - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population - Total ( 2004) - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP - Total (PPP, 2005) - Total (nominal) ... Japanese The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. A film director directs the artistic and dramatic aspects of a film. The role typically includes: Defining the overall artistic vision of the film. Controlling the... film director.

He was born in Fukagawa, Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the worlds largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million people... Tokyo, and educated at a boarding school in Matsusaka (松阪市; -shi; also Matsuzaka) is a city located in Mie, Japan. The city is famous for its beef. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 125,288 and the density of 597.61 persons per km². The total area is 209.65 km². The... Matsuzaka. He worked briefly as a teacher before returning to Tokyo in 1923 to join the Shochiku Film Company. Initially a cameraman, he worked as an assistant director within three years and directed his first film, Zange no yaiba (The Sword of Penitence), in 1927. He went on to make a further 53 films - 26 in his first five years as a director, and all but 3 for Shochiku. Even though marriage was a favorite theme of his, Ozu never married.

In July 1937, at a time when Shochiku was unhappy about Ozu's lack of box-office success, despite the praise (and awards) he had received from critics, the 34-year-old director was called up, and he served for two years in China as an infantry corporal. The first film Ozu made on his return was the critically and commercially successful Toda-ke no Kyoudai (Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, 1941). In 1943 Ozu was again drafted into the army to make a propaganda film in Burma. However, he was sent to Singapore instead, where he spent much of his time watching American films that the Japanese army had confiscated. According to Donald Richie, Ozu's favorite was Orson Welles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 - October 10, 1985) is commonly considered one of Hollywoods greatest directors, as well as a fine actor, broadcaster and screenwriter. Early career Welles was born in 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He had an unusual childhood... Orson Welles' Spoiler warning: Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles, is here commemorated on a postage stamp. In this famous scene Kane gives a political speech with a giant portrait of himself in the background. Citizen Kane is the first feature film directed by Orson Welles (he had directed two... Citizen Kane.

Ozu had started out making distinctive comedies before moving onto more socially aware works in the 1930s, concentrating on family dramas. He often worked with screenwriter Kogo Noda (1893–1968) was a Japanese screenwriter who collaborated with Yasujiro Ozu on many of the directors films, including his first (The Sword of Penitence, 1927) and finest (Tokyo Story, 1953). He co-wrote 13 of Ozus 15 post-war films, among others. Categories: People stubs... Kogo Noda; other regular collaborators included cameraman Yuharu Atsuta and the actors Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara. His films were most favourably received from the late 1940s with works such as Banshun ( Late Spring (Orijinal title: 晩春:Banshun) is a 1949 Japanese film by Yasujiro Ozu. Noriko lives happily with her widowed father and seems in no hurry to get married. Her father, however, wants to see her settled and conspires with his sister to trick Noriko into pursuing an arranged... Late Spring, 1949), Tokyo monogatari ( Tokyo Story (東京物語, Tokyo Monogatari) is a 1953 Japanese movie by Yasujiro Ozu, in which elderly parents from the seaside town of Onomichi visit their busy children in Tokyo — a journey which, before the introduction of the bullet train, took almost a day — only to... Tokyo Story, 1953), considered to be his masterpiece, and Ochazuke no Aji (Tea Over Rice, 1952), Soshun ( Yasujiro Ozus 1956 film about a married office worker who has a fling with a typist, a fellow commuter. Stars Keiko Kishi. Categories: 1956 films | Japanese films ... Early Spring, 1956), Ukigusa ( A 1959 film directed by Yasujiro Ozu and shot (in colour) by Kazuo Miyagawa, one of Japans greatest cinematographers. A group of travelling kabuki actors is stranded in a seaside town when their tour collapses for lack of finances. The leading actress (Machiko Kyo) is angered to learn that... Floating Weeds, 1959) and Akibiyori (Late Autumn, 1960). His last film was Sanma no aji (An Autumn Afternoon, 1962). He died of cancer on his 60th birthday and is buried in the grounds of Engaku-ji temple, Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Kamakura.

As a director he was eccentric and a notorious perfectionist. He was seen as one of the 'most Japanese' film-makers, and as such his work was only rarely shown overseas before the 1960s. He did not use sound until 1935 and did not film in colour until Higanbana ( Equinox Flower (1958) was Yasujiro Ozus first film in color. Shin Saburi stars as a wealthy businessman who acts as a go-between for couples seeking arranged marriage, but is unprepared when his daughter decides to make wedding plans on her own. The movies titular flower is an... Equinox Flower) in 1958. His trademark shot was one taken from a low height, with the cameraman either sitting or prone. He was also strongly in favour of a static camera and meticulously-arranged compositions where no single actor would dominate a scene.

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I Was Born, but... ( 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. Events January-February January 3 - British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 - In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees January 12 - Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States... 1932)
There Was a Father ( 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - World War II: The word United Nations is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in... 1942)
Late Spring (Orijinal title: 晩春:Banshun) is a 1949 Japanese film by Yasujiro Ozu. Noriko lives happily with her widowed father and seems in no hurry to get married. Her father, however, wants to see her settled and conspires with his sister to trick Noriko into pursuing an arranged... Late Spring ( 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. Events January January 4 - RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 - February 22 - Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and Nevada - winds of up to 72 mph... 1949)
A 1951 film by Yasujiro Ozu. Noriko lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brothers family, but an uncles visit prompts the family to find her a husband. Stars Setsuko Hara. Categories: 1951 films | Japanese films ... Early Summer ( Global Metrics Human security Major Armed Conflicts: Total Deaths in Battle: 700,000 people Violent Deaths caused by Government (Other than War): Violent Deaths caused by other humans: Juvenile Violent Crime: Political security Nations Holding Multi-party Elections: Percentage Living under a Fully Democratic System of Governance: Free Countries: Percentage... 1951)
Tea Over Rice ( 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January events January 8 - West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 - Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 - Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. February... 1952)
Tokyo Story (東京物語, Tokyo Monogatari) is a 1953 Japanese movie by Yasujiro Ozu, in which elderly parents from the seaside town of Onomichi visit their busy children in Tokyo — a journey which, before the introduction of the bullet train, took almost a day — only to... Tokyo Story ( 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia January 20 - Change of US presidency from Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) to Dwight D... 1953)
Yasujiro Ozus 1956 film about a married office worker who has a fling with a typist, a fellow commuter. Stars Keiko Kishi. Categories: 1956 films | Japanese films ... Early Spring ( 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 1 - End of Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 - Italy January 26 - United Kingdom bans heroin January 26 - The last Soviet troops leave the military base in... 1956)
Equinox Flower (1958) was Yasujiro Ozus first film in color. Shin Saburi stars as a wealthy businessman who acts as a go-between for couples seeking arranged marriage, but is unprepared when his daughter decides to make wedding plans on her own. The movies titular flower is an... Equinox Flower ( 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957) January 8 - 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the... 1958)
Good Morning is a 1959 comedy film from director Yasujiro Ozu, one of only six films that he made in colour, in which two boys go on a silence strike in an attempt to pressure their parents into buying a television set. Categories: Movie stubs | 1959 films | Comedy films | Japanese... Good Morning ( 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January... 1959)
A 1959 film directed by Yasujiro Ozu and shot (in colour) by Kazuo Miyagawa, one of Japans greatest cinematographers. A group of travelling kabuki actors is stranded in a seaside town when their tour collapses for lack of finances. The leading actress (Machiko Kyo) is angered to learn that... Floating Weeds ( 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January... 1959)
Late Autumn ( 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January - State of emergency is lifted in Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion is officially over January 1 - Independence of Cameroon January 9 - Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 14 - Ralph Chubb, the... 1960)
The End of Summer ( 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 - The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be... 1961)
An Autumn Afternoon ( 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 - New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 5... 1962)

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Ozu Yasujiro (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654868/) at the The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon.com, is an online database of information about movie stars, movies, television shows, commercials, and video games. The IMDb has an extensive amount of information on works, including basic details such as actors and directors, plot summaries and reviews, as well as... Internet Movie Database
Profile at Japan Zone (http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/ozu_yasujiro.shtml)
Ozu Yasujiro's JMDb Listing (in Japanese) (http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0177490.htm)
Directions for finding Ozu Yasujiro's grave at Engaku-ji (http://www.easterwood.org/ozu/gravesite/directions.htm)

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