Film

The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida

1994 · 59m · Documentary

Yoshida grew close to Ozu Yasujiro during his time at Shochiku, where he was able to observe the legendary master at work. Although Yoshida and his generation outspokenly rejected the values of Ozu, Kurosawa and the older humanist filmmakers, over the years Yoshida found himself increasingly drawn back to Ozu’s films, fascinated by their unique rigor, formal language and delicate balance between comedy and tragedy. For Japanese television, Yoshida adapted his own text into a four part documentary, which he also condensed into the one hour version.

Yoshishige Yoshida

Self

• Yoshishige YoshidaDirector · Writer
• Nobuhiro HataProducer
• Keijiro Kurokawa　Producer
• Kazuo MaeshimaDirector of Photography
• Tomoko TakahashiEditor

Release date

November 18, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

59m

Genres

Documentary