“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…
Tag: Yasujiro Ozu
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…
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,…
Yasujiro Ozu’s movies are often about families undergoing transition. His static, low-angle and distant vantage point subtly captures significant life moments sans melodrama. Although Mr. Ozu has had an illustrious directorial career…
The Only Son (‘Hitori musuko’, 1936) was a Japanese master of cinema Yasujiro Ozu’s first talkie. Although Mr. Ozu has proved himself a master of classic family dramas with his silent pictures…
Columbus [2017]: A Soulful Tribute to Human Connection and Architecture Form plays an important role than content in Kogonada’s surprisingly great feature-film debut Columbus (2017). Framed in series of unhurried, static shots,…