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Yasujiro Ozu

An Autumn Afternoon

V.O.: Sanma no aji
Jap. 1962. Drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada. Fearing that his daughter would sacrifice her life to stay by his side, a widower forms the plan to find her a husband.
Runtime: 113 min.

Late Autumn

V.O.: Akibiyori
Jap. 1960. Dramatic comedy by Yasujiro Ozu with Setsuko Hara, Yoko Tsukasa, Mariko Okada. The harmonious relationship of a widow and her daughter is jeopardized when the latter's suitors decide to find a new husband for her mother.

Floating Weeds

V.O.: Ukigusa
Jap. 1959. Mores drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Ganjiro Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi. A traveling actor antagonizes his mistress by trying to reconnect with her illegitimate son who is unaware of his true identity.
Runtime: 119 min.

Good Morning

V.O.: Ohayô
Jap. 1959. Comedy by Yasujiro Ozu with Chishu Ryu, Kumiko Miyake, Koji Shitara. In a Tokyo suburb, the arrival of new residents with TV sets sows discord and gossip.
Runtime: 93 min.

Equinox Flower

V.O.: Higanbana
Jap. 1958. Psychological drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima. A traditionalist businessman refuses to consent to his daughter's marriage to a man she chose for herself.
Runtime: n/d

The Moon Has Risen

V.O.: Tsuki wa noborinu
Jap. 1955. Dramatic comedy by Kinuyo Tanaka with Chishu Ryu, Shuji Sano, Hisako Yamane. A Japanese widower, who has lived on the premises of a temple since the end of the war, finds his three daughters in complicated relationships.
Runtime: 102 min.

Tokyo Story

V.O.: Tokyo Monogatari
Jap. 1953. Mores drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara. Preoccupied with their own concerns, a doctor and a hairdresser neglect their elderly parents visiting Tokyo, unlike their caring and generous widowed sister-in-law.
Runtime: 135 min.
Jap. 1952. Drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure, Koji Tsuruta. In the immediate post-war period, the crisis experienced by a middle-class couple, composed of a peasant's son who is a bit of a boor and his haughty wife with disappointed ambitions.
Runtime: 116 min.

Early Summer

V.O.: Bakushû
Jap. 1951. Mores drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Setsuko Hara, Ichero Sugai, Chieko Higashiyama. A description of the relationships between the members of an ordinary family.
Runtime: 125 min.

Late Spring

V.O.: Banshun
Jap. 1949. Psychological drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Haruko Sugimura. To persuade his daughter to marry, a widower announces his own remarriage.
Runtime: 108 min.

A Hen in the Wind

V.O.: Kaze no naka no mendori
Jap. 1948. Social drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Kinuyo Tanaka, Shuji Sano, Chieko Murata. In the absence of her husband who is away at war, a woman prostitutes herself to pay for the hospitalization of her young son.
Runtime: n/d

Récit d'un propriétaire

V.O.: Nagaya shinshiroku
Jap. 1947. Drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Hohi Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Iida Choko. A cantankerous widow takes in a lost boy and becomes attached to him when his father returns to retrieve him.
Runtime: n/d

The Only Son

V.O.: Hitori Musuko
Runtime: 87 min.

An Inn in Tokyo

V.O.: Tokyo no yado
Runtime: 75 min.

A Story of Floating Weeds

V.O.: Ukikusa monogatari
Runtime: 86 min.

Dragnet Girl

V.O.: Hijosen no onna
Jap. 1933. Mores drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Kinuyo Tanaka, Jôji Oka, Sumiko Mizukubo.
Runtime: 100 min.

Passing Fancy

V.O.: Dekigokoro
Jap. 1933. Dramatic comedy by Yasujiro Ozu with Takeshi Sakamoto, Tomio Aoki, Nobuko Fushimi.
Runtime: 100 min.

I Was Born, But...

V.O.: Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo
Jap. 1932. Dramatic comedy by Yasujiro Ozu with Tatsuo Saito, Hideo Sugawara, Tokkan Kozo.
Runtime: 100 min.

Où sont les rêves de jeunesse?

V.O.: Seishun no yume imaizuko
Jap. 1932. Dramatic comedy by Yasujiro Ozu with Ureo Egawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tatsuo Saito.
Runtime: 90 min.

Tokyo Chorus

V.O.: Tokyo no kôrasu
Jap. 1931. Dramatic comedy by Yasujiro Ozu with Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yagumo, Hideo Sugawara.
Runtime: 90 min.

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