Yasujirō Ozu — Director (50)

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Young Lady (1930)
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other title: お嬢さん / Mademoiselle …
Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to investigate a secret club for wealthy voyeurs. Considered to be a lost film.

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That NIght's Wife (1930)
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★ 7.5 6 ratings
小津安二郎 actor: 冈田时彦 / 八云理惠子 …
other title: 那夜的妻子 / その夜の妻 …
In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes with the funds, but complications arise.

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An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
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★ 8.0 7 ratings
other title: 东京之宿 / 東京の宿 …
An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and befriends a woman and her daughter, who are in a similar predicament.

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The Lion Dance (1936)
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★ 6.1 7 ratings
小津安二郎 actor: 六代目尾上菊五郎 / 松永和楓 …
other title: 镜狮子 / 鏡獅子 …
This short documentary by Ozu was intended to present the artistry of kabuki dancer Kikugoro Onoe IV to both Japanese and foreign audiences. A voice-over narration introduces Kikugoro as well as the dance he performs in the film's second half, in which a young girl is transformed into a resplendent lion (the imagery of which apparently inspired Jean Cocteau as he conceived his own BEAUTY AND THE BEAST). Watching Kikugoro imitate the gestures of a demure maiden you see how he deserved his fame. Ozu shoots the performance in three simple set-ups: a roving frontal shot of the performers on stage, an angled shot from the side of the stage, and an angled longshot that acknowledges the presence of the audience in a way that is unmistakably Ozu.