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Battle Royale (2000)

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Tag / Yasujiro Ozu

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Good Morning (1959)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1959, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
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Light-hearted and mildly amusing, Ozu’s most accessible late-career work explores the generation gap and quirks of communal communication amid a rise in consumerism in a modernising Japan.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Dragnet Girl (1933)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1933, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
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One of Ozu’s most accomplished silent efforts, this love story of jealousy and guilt set in the milieu of a small-time crook displays a mastery of visual storytelling.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Hen in the Wind, A (1948)

  • Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1948, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
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An underrated postwar effort by Ozu, featuring an indelible performance by Kinuyo Tanaka whose character must do whatever it takes to fulfil her responsibilities as a mother to a sick child. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 14, 2019June 16, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Autumn Afternoon, An (1962)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1962, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
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Ozu’s final work is a near masterpiece, a meditation on marriage and ageing through the lens of a father-daughter relationship.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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April 14, 2019May 22, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Floating Weeds (1959)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1959, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
  • 2 Comments

A rare Ozu masterpiece about being optimistic and moving on with life, shot in rich colour by the famous Kazuo Miyagawa.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Early Spring (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1956, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
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4.5 stars

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.

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April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Early Summer (1951)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1951, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
  • 1 Comment

4 stars

One of Ozu’s more complex treatments on the institution of marriage, with a standout performance by the legendary Setsuko Hara.

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April 6, 2019May 22, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Tokyo Story (1953)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1953, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
  • 9 Comments

Ozu’s crowning achievement is a true triumph of life-affirming, humanist filmmaking.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.
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April 6, 2019February 13, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice, The (1952)

  • Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1952, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
  • 2 Comments

For fans, this lesser Ozu is still worth a pop in what is a leisurely-paced, relatively loosely-plotted, if slightly overdrawn drama about a middle-aged couple’s marital crisis.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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April 6, 2019November 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Late Spring (1949)

  • Criterion Collection, Ozu, Yasujiro
  • 1949, Japan, Yasujiro Ozu
  • 5 Comments

Ozu’s first true masterpiece is a highly-resonant and poignant tale of a father and daughter reluctantly trying to let go of each other.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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