Tag: Yasujiro Ozu

15 Essential Japanese Silent Films

“This list is an attempt to highlight some of the best silent films from the Japanese film industry.” The silent-era cinema was truly one of the most creative eras in cinema; its…

Equinox Flower

Ozu’s Equinox Flower [1958] : The Autumn of the Patriarch

Whether Yasujiro Ozu’s final six films, all of which were shot in color, can be categorized into an entirely separate artistic phase of his is a debatable idea. Essentially, his films undergo…

Kaurismaki

10 Essential Aki Kaurismaki Films

Dive bars, cheap restaurants, battered vintage cars, cigarettes, booze, accordions, portable radios, adorable dogs, bouquet of flowers, vinyl records, mixed music tracks (jazz, tango, rockabilly, etc), acerbic irony, deadpan wit, Bressonian minimalism,…