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Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. The most prominent themes of Ozu's work are family and marriage, and especially the relationships between generations. His most widely beloved films inclu…

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entertainment · Japanese filmmaker (1903–1963) · film director · screenwriter · production designer · also Yasujirō Ozu, Ozu Yasujirō, Ozu Yasujiro, Yasujirou Ozu, James Maki, Ernst Schwartz

Born 12 December 1903 · Died 12 December 1963 · Q55402

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Jun 1958Award
Won Sutherland Trophy for Tokyo Story (1958).
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Won Medal with Purple Ribbon (1958).
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2026· 2 entries

Aug 19, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Morelia Film Festival: Yasujirō Ozu: ¿Siempre la misma película?

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Aug 13, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Diario de Sevilla: Los dos veranos de Yasujiro Ozu

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2023· 4 entries

Nov 29, 2023Documented record69% confidence

Wall Street Journal: Yasujiro Ozu’s Cinema of Shared Humanity

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Aug 31, 2023Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Tokyo Story review – Yasujiro Ozu’s exquisite family tale stands the test of time

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Jun 7, 2023Documented record69% confidence

朝日新聞社: Longer version of Yasujiro Ozu’s ‘Straightforward Boy’ film found

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2023Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

OZU: Ozu Yasujirō ga Kaita Monogatari (OZU～小津安二郎が描いた物語～), a 2023 television series based on Yasujirō Ozu'sl films premiered

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2015· 2 entries

Nov 25, 2015Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Setsuko Hara, ‘Tokyo Story’ Star and Yasujiro Ozu’s Muse, Dies at 95

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Jul 14, 2015Documented record69% confidence

Filmmaker: Watch: Parallels in the Work of Yasujiro Ozu and Wes Anderson

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2014· 1 entry

May 15, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: An Autumn Afternoon review – Ozu's exquisitely tender final film

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2013· 1 entry

2013Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Director Yoji Yamada remade Tokyo Story in a modern setting as Tokyo Family

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2012· 2 entries

Feb 21, 2012Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Yasujirō Ozu's The Student Comedies: watch an exclusive clip - video

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2012Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

It topped the poll of film directors' choices of "greatest film of all time"

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2010· 1 entry

Jan 23, 2010Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: As Yasujiro Ozu reaches Late Autumn he's become master of slow cinema

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2003· 1 entry

2003Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

The centenary of Ozu's birth was commemorated at various film festivals around the world

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1963· 1 entry

Dec 12, 1963Documented record86% confidence

Died 1963-12-12.

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1959· 1 entry

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Became the first recipient from the field of cinema to win the Japan Art Academy Prize

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1958· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1958Documented record84% confidence

Won Sutherland Trophy for Tokyo Story (1958).

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Jun 15, 1958Documented record84% confidence

Won Medal with Purple Ribbon (1958).

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1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Floating Weeds in 1959 and Late Autumn in 1960

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1952· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1952Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director for Early Summer (1952).

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1950· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1950Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay for Late Spring (1950).

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1943· 1 entry

1943Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Ozu was again drafted into the army for the purpose of making a propaganda film in Burma

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1939· 2 entries

1939Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Wrote the first draft of the script for The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, but shelved it due to extensive changes insisted on by military censors

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1939Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Ozu was dispatched to Hankou, where he fought in the Battle of Nanchang and the Battle of Xiushui River

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1936· 1 entry

1936Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Five years after Japan's first talking film, Heinosuke Gosho's The Neighbor's Wife and Mine

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1935· 1 entry

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Ozu made a short documentary with a soundtrack: Kagami Jishi, in which Kikugoro VI performed a Kabuki dance of the same title

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1928· 1 entry

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Shiro Kido, the head of the Shochiku studio, decided that the company would concentrate on making short comedy films without star actors

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1927· 1 entry

1927Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was involved in a fracas where he punched another employee for jumping a queue at the studio cafeteria, and when called to the studio director's office, used it as an opportunity to present a film script he had writte

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1926· 1 entry

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Became a third assistant director at Shochiku

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1922· 1 entry

1922Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Took the exam for a teacher training college, but failed it too

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1920· 1 entry

1920Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

At the age of 17, he was thrown out of the dormitory after being accused of writing a love letter to a good-looking boy in a lower class, and had to commute to school by train

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1917· 1 entry

1917Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Saw the film Civilization and decided that he wanted to be a film director

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1903· 1 entry

Dec 12, 1903Documented record86% confidence

Born 1903-12-12.

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