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Biography of Yasujiro Ozu
Name: Yasujiro Ozu
Birth Date: December 12, 1903
Death Date: December 11, 1963
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Occupations: film director
Yasujiro Ozu
Often called the most "Japanese" of Japanese directors, Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) created films about middle-class Japanese life and familial relationships with simplicity and austerity. Known for keeping the camera three feet off the ground in order to view the traditional Japanese sitting on the floor, Ozu presented quiet observations of parents and children caught between obligation and the modern world. Ozu, who was an acclaimed director in Japan and whose body of work reached 54 films, first began to gain notoriety in the West late in his life.Unusual ChildhoodYasujiro Ozu was born in the Fukugawa district of Tokyo, on December 12, 1903, the son of a fertilizer salesman. Rarely seeing his father, he attended a remote school at the family's ancestral hometown where his doting mother primarily raised him. His unconventional childhood was reflected in many of his films, which invariably dealt with family life and relations between parents and their children.An …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…collaboration with Shochiku Co. Ltd., will present a retrospective on the Japanese director. The retrospective will go on to screen at festivals in Hong Kong and New York. Further Reading Garbicz, Adam and Jacek Klinowski, Cinema, The Magic Vehicle: A Guide to Its Achievement, Scarecrow Press, 1975.Richie, Donald., Japanese Cinema: Film Style & National Character, Anchor Books, 1971.Shipman, David, The Story of Cinema, St. Martin's Press, 1982.Thomson, David, Biographical Dictionary of Film, Alfred A. Knopf Co., 1996.Malcolm, Derek, "Yasujiro Ozu: Tokyo Story," The Guardian, http://film.guardian.co.uk/Century_Of_Films/Story/0,4135,217142,00.html (February 3, 2003)."Ozu: Poet of the Everyday," Harvard Film Archive website, http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/calendars/99sep/ozu.htm (February 3, 2003)."Yasujiro Ozu," Malaspina Great Books, http://www.malespina.com/site/person_906.asp (February 3, 2003)."Yasujiro Ozu," World Cinema: Directors, http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/9384/directors/ozu.htm (February 3, 2003)."Yasujiro Ozu," Yahoo Movies, http://movies.yahoo.com (February 3, 2003).
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