Yasujirō Ozu — Playwright (13)
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Unending Advance (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
限りなき前進
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Isamu Kosugi / Hisako Takihana …
other title: 限りなき前進 / Kagirinaki Zenshin …
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.
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The Munekata Sisters (1950) IMDb TMDB
宗方姉妹
director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Hideko Takamine …
other title: Le sorelle Munekata / As Irmãs Munekata …
Setsuko is in an unhappy marriage to Mimura, an unemployed, alcoholic engineer. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. But now he's back and Mariko tries to reunite them, although she too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.
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Days of Youth (1929) IMDb TMDB
学生ロマンス　若き日
director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Ichiro Yuki / Tatsuo Saitō …
other title: Giorni di gioventù / Jours de jeunesse …
University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing trip.
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An Inn in Tokyo (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
東京の宿
director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Takeshi Sakamoto / Yoshiko Okada …
other title: Una locanda a Tokyo / Une auberge à Tokyo …
An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and befriends a woman and her daughter, who are in a similar predicament.
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The Moon Has Risen (1955)
月は上りぬ
director: Kinuyo Tanaka actor: Chishū Ryū / Shūji Sano …
other title: Der Mond ist aufgegangen / La lune s'est levée …
Mokichi Asai is a widowed father living in Nara with three daughters—Chizuru, Ayako, and Setsuko. The youngest, Setsuko, plays matchmaker for her older sisters, leading to humorous and awkward romantic entanglements.