First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi's Directed by Yasujirō Ozu has become one of the most influential books on cinema written in Japanese. This pioneer

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This text offers a new interpretation of Ozu Yasujiro's career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozu's depiction of the

On the 100th anniversary of the great director's birth, a book celebrating his greatest film.