Ozu Yasujiro, the leading Japanese film director behind classics including “Tokyo Story” and “Late Spring,” has had his double birth and death anniversaries – Ozu died in 1963 on the day of his 60th ...
AN ACTOR PREPARES Nakamura Ganjirô plays the role of a kabuki master in Ozu Yasujirô’s 1956 film, ‘Floating Weeds.’ (Photo courtesy of Janus Films) Why is the late Ozu Yasujirô idolized by moviemakers ...