Return to Ozu

Return to Ozu

Season

Please note : this season finished in Jan 2024

Join us for a Sunday season commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth, and the 60th anniversary of the death, of Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu (1903 – 1963).

Widely considered one of the world’s greatest filmmakers, Ozu’s films are known for their deep and profound humanity, their understated style and poetic focus on family life.

Our short season begins with a new 4K restoration of his 1953 masterpiece Tokyo Story, regarded as one of the greatest films in the history of cinema, and continues with three more features all released within the last decade of his life.

With their elegance and sensitive attention to detail, all his films benefit from being enjoyed on the cinema screen. So start your year off right by discovering these late classics from the master Japanese filmmaker, or returning to them and appreciating them anew.

As director Wim Wenders says:

“If there were something like a sacred treasure of the cinema, that would have to be the work of Ozu.”

Previous screenings in this season

An Autumn Afternoon

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An Autumn Afternoon
Please note: This was screened in Jan 2024
Film

Yasujiro Ozu's elegiac final film charts the inevitable eclipse of older generations by irreverent youth.

Late Autumn

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Late Autumn
Please note: This was screened in Jan 2024
Film

Comedy turns to pathos in Yasujiro Ozu's tale of a group of businessmen who conspire to match-make for a widow and her daughter.

Good Morning

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Good Morning
Please note: This was screened in Jan 2024
Film

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationship.

Tokyo Story

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Tokyo Story
Please note: This was screened in Jan 2024
Film

A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak,Tokyo Story is the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu.

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