Director
Yasujirō Ozu
122 years · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan · 60 films
Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are prominent themes in Ozu's work. His most lauded films include Late Spring (1949), Tokyo Story (1953), Floating Weeds (1959), and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). His reputation has continued to grow since his death, and he is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential directors. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, Ozu's Tokyo Story was voted the greatest film of all time by world directors.
Best known for
Filmography 60
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ozu Diaries
2025 · Self (archive footage)
An Autumn Afternoon
2003 · Screenplay
Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
1978 · Self (archive footage)
Watashi-wa beretto
1964 · Writer
Youth After School
1963 · Writer
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · Screenplay, Director
On TCM
The End of Summer
1961 · Director, Screenplay
Late Autumn
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Floating Weeds
1959 · Screenplay, Director
Good Morning
1959 · Director, Screenplay
On Plex
Equinox Flower
1958 · Director, Screenplay
On Plex
Tokyo Twilight
1957 · Director, Screenplay
Early Spring
1956 · Director, Screenplay
The Moon Has Risen
1955 · Screenplay
Tokyo Story
1953 · Director, Screenplay
On Plex
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · Director, Screenplay
On HBO Max
Early Summer
1951 · Director, Screenplay
On HBO Max
The Munekata Sisters
1950 · Director, Screenplay
Late Spring
1949 · Director, Screenplay
On Plex
A Hen in the Wind
1948 · Director, Screenplay
On Plex
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947 · Director, Screenplay
On Plex
There Was a Father
1942 · Director, Writer
On Plex
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 · Director, Writer