In Japan and much of Europe, Ozu is widely considered to be one of the finest film directors who ever lived. While Ozu has a strong reputation in the West, his films are not as well-known or widely appreciated in the US as they are elsewhere. A notable exception to this trend is…
Reorienting Ozu: a master and his influence
Reorienting of Ozu: a master and his influence
Reorienting Ozu: a master and his influence
Reorienting of Ozu: a master and his influence
Reorienting Ozu: a master and his influence
Introduction / Jinhee Choi -- Branding ozu. Watch again! look well! look! / David Bordwell -- Ozu, the ineffable? / Darrell W Davis -- Ozu to Asia via Hasumi / Aaron Gerow -- A dialogue with "memory" in Hou Hsiao Hhsien's Café lumière / Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano -- Ozuesque as a sen…
Reorienting Ozu: a master and his influence
Exploring major theoretical frameworks that characterize Ozu studies, chapters in this book consider the various cultural factors that influenced the director's cinematic output, such as the anxiety of middleclass Japan in the 1930s, the censorship imposed by the US-occupation a…