Presented by the Harvard Film Archive and Shochiku, in partnership with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Japan Foundation, this complete Ozu Yasujiro (1903-1963) retrospective offered the rare opportunity to see all of Ozu’s extant films screened on 35mm. Five new prints were created for this occasion as the first installment of a multi-year partnership with Shochiku to create a legacy 35mm collection at the HFA, a partnership later celebrated with a special event in September 2023. Seen together, Ozu’s impressive oeuvre demonstrates the industrial method of a prolific artist who distilled cinema to its most essential elements over three decades of filmmaking.
The following films were screened as part of this series.
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Late Spring (Banshun), 1949
Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari), 1953
I Was Born, But… (Otona no miru ehon: Umarete wa mita keredo), 1932
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
Early Summer (Bakushu), 1951
Passing Fancy (Deki gokoro), 1933
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
and benshi performance by Kataoka Ichiro
Dragnet Girl (Hijosen no onna), 1933
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
and benshi performance by Kataoka Ichiro
A Story of Floating Weeds (Ukigusa monogatari), 1934
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
and benshi performance by Kataoka Ichiro
Days of Youth (Gakusei romansu / Wakaki hi), 1929
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (Ochazuke no aji), 1952
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (Nagaya shinshiroku), 1947
The Munekata Sisters (Munekata kyodai), 1950
There was a Father (Chichi ariki), 1942
A Hen in the Wind (Kaze no naka no mendori), 1948
Early Spring (Soshun), 1956
Walk Cheerfully (Hogaraka ni ayume), 1930
With live musical accompaniment by Martin Marks
The Only Son (Hitori musuko), 1936
Floating Weeds (Ukigusa), 1959
Preceded by The Lion Dance (Kagamijishi), 1936
Good Morning (Ohayo), 1959
Equinox Flower (Higanbana), 1958
That Night’s Wife (Sono yo no tsuma), 1930
With live musical accompaniment by Martin Marks
Woman of Tokyo (Tokyo no onna), 1933
With live musical accompaniment by Martin Marks
Tokyo Chorus (Tokyo no korasu), 1933
With live musical accompaniment by Martin Marks
An Inn in Tokyo (Tokyo no yado), 1935
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
Late Autumn (Akibiyori), 1960
Tokyo Twilight (Tokyo boshoku), 1957
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (Toda ke no kyodai), 1941
The Lady and the Beard (Shukujo to hige), 1931
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
I Flunked, But… (Rakudai wa shitakeredo), 1930
Preceded by I Graduated, But… (Daigaku wa deta keredo), 1929
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
A Mother Should Be Loved (Haha wo kowazuya), 1934
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
What Did the Lady Forget? (Shukujo ga nani wo wasuretaka), 1937
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (Seishun no yume ima izuko), 1932
With live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville
The End of Summer (Kohayagawa ke no aki), 1961
An Autumn Afternoon (Sanma no aji), 1962
Tokyo-Ga, directed by Wim Wenders, 1985
Café Lumière, directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2003
Harvard Film Archive Series supported by the Japan Foundation and Shochiku Co., Ltd., co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute