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Night Train to Tokyo: ‘Café Lumière’ and Ozu’s Legacy

Taiwan’s Hsiao-hsien Hou has often spoken of his admiration for Japanese master Yasujirō Ozu. In the 1993 documentary Talking with Ozu, attached to the Criterion edition of Tokyo Story and featuring such commentators as Claire Denis and Aki Kaurismäki, he compares the man’s work to that of a mathematician: one that observes and studies in a detached, clinical fashion. Often, returning to …

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Ozu’s ‘Tokyo Chorus’ Movie Review – sings in counterpoint to The Crowd

Tokyo Chorus Directed by Yasujirô Ozu Written by Kôgo Noda Japan, 1931 After launching its 2013 schedule with one of the most unrelentingly somber works of art ever committed to celluloid, the TSFF took a more genial tack on the second night of its run. Revered for his celebrated series of post-World War Two family …

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