Yasujirō Ozu
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.
Late Spring
(Screenplay)
Late Spring
(Director)
Early Spring
(Director)
Late Autumn
(Director)
Late Autumn
(Screenplay)
There Was a Father
(Director)
I Was Born, But...
(Director)
I Was Born, But...
(Idea)
Equinox Flower
(Director)
The End of Summer
(Director)
The End of Summer
(Screenplay)
Good Morning
(Director)
A Story of Floating Weeds
(Director)
A Story of Floating Weeds
(Story)
Floating Weeds
(Director)
Floating Weeds
(Screenplay)
Tokyo Story
(Director)
That Night's Wife
(Director)
Days of Youth
(Director)
The Only Son
(Story)
The Only Son
(Director)
Early Summer
(Director)
An Autumn Afternoon
(Director)
An Autumn Afternoon
(Screenplay)
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
(Director)
Tokyo Twilight
(Director)
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(Director)
My Bellett
(Script Supervisor)
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
(Director)
An Inn in Tokyo
(Director)
What Did the Lady Forget?
(Director)
What Did the Lady Forget?
(Writer)
I Flunked, But...
(Director)
The Lady and the Beard
(Director)
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
(Director)
A Hen in the Wind
(Director)
Tokyo Chorus
(Director)
Passing Fancy
(Director)
Dragnet Girl
(Director)
Woman of Tokyo
(Director)
A Mother Should Be Loved
(Director)
I Graduated, But...
(Director)
A Straightforward Boy
(Director)
Walk Cheerfully
(Director)
The Lion Dance
(Director)
Musume no kekkon
(Original Film Writer)
The Moon Has Risen
(Screenplay)
Fighting Friends
(Director)
Until the Day We Meet Again
(Director)
Days of Youth
(Writer)
The Radish and the Carrot
(Story)
A Hen in the Wind
(Screenplay)
Dragnet Girl
(Story)
I Flunked, But...
(Story)
Woman of Tokyo
(Story)
A Mother Should Be Loved
(Story)
The Munekata Sisters
(Screenplay)
The Munekata Sisters
(Director)
Youth After School
(Writer)
An Inn in Tokyo
(Story)
The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman
(Director)
The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman
(Writer)
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
(Writer)
There Was a Father
(Writer)
Unending Advance
(Story)
My Bellett
(Writer)
Passing Fancy
(Story)
College Is a Nice Place
(Director)
An Innocent Maid
(Director)
Spring Comes from the Ladies
(Director)
Young Lady
(Director)
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
(Director)
The Revengeful Spirit of Eros
(Director)
A Primer on Marriage
(Director)
Treasure Mountain
(Director)
The Life of an Office Worker
(Director)
Physical Beauty
(Director)
Couple on the Move
(Director)
Sword of Penitence
(Director)
Pumpkin
(Director)
Wife Lost
(Director)
Tokyo Twilight
(Screenplay)
Good Morning
(Screenplay)
Equinox Flower
(Screenplay)
Dreams of Youth
(Director)
Dreams of Youth
(Writer)
Pumpkin
(Story)
Physical Beauty
(Dialogue)
Treasure Mountain
(Story)
The Life of an Office Worker
(Story)
Young Lady
(Idea)
Spring Comes from the Ladies
(Story)
College Is a Nice Place
(Writer)
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
(Screenplay)
Early Summer
(Screenplay)
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(Screenplay)
Tokyo Story
(Screenplay)
Early Spring
(Screenplay)
Wings of Desire
(In Memory Of)
Lil’ Tokyo Story
(Writer)
Ozu
(Original Story)