A rare Ozu masterpiece about being optimistic and moving on with life, shot in rich colour by the famous Kazuo Miyagawa.
Author / Eternality Tan
Early Spring (1956)
This post-“Tokyo Story” drama may be one of Ozu’s longest endeavours, but it is also a superb if anomalous (at least of his later works) effort that centers on a young, salaried man tackling career and marriage.
Night Comes for Us, The (2018)
For genre fans only, this nauseatingly violent and gory organised crime slice/shoot-‘em up delivers what it promises.
Early Summer (1951)
One of Ozu’s more complex treatments on the institution of marriage, with a standout performance by the legendary Setsuko Hara.
Kuei Mei, a Woman (1985)
A solidly-acted story of one woman trying to raise her family despite all odds, in what could be Taiwan New Cinema director Chang Yi’s finest work.
Dead Pigs (2018)
Clearly an ambitious first feature, and it mostly hits the right spots in this ‘Magnolia’-inspired ensemble drama about China at the crossroads of modernity.
Tokyo Story (1953)
Ozu’s crowning achievement is a true triumph of life-affirming, humanist filmmaking.
