A Family Affair: The Films of Yasujirō Ozu | BFI trailer

An anniversary season, taking place at BFI Southbank in September, that celebrates Yasujirō Ozu and explores the filmmaker’s dissection of family life.
‘I tried to represent the collapse of the Japanese family system through showing children growing up.’
- Yasujirō Ozu
This year marks the 120th anniversary of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu’s birth. It’s also 70 years since the release of his masterpiece Tokyo Story and 60 years since his death. He has been feted by critics around the world, influenced filmmakers, interpreted in myriad ways by academics and beloved by audiences. Although his early work spanned a variety of genres, including student comedies and crime thrillers, this season focuses on the theme that dominated his finest films: family life. From his early silents and sound films, through to his limited output during the Second World War and his acclaimed late period, beginning with 1949’s Late Spring, Ozu perfected a style that stripped away unnecessary plot mechanics and camera movement. In doing so, he produced a cinema whose surface simplicity belies character studies of depth, warmth and, on occasion, humour.
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[@kenmogibrainworld4844]

I love Yasujiro Ozu films, and I recognize these scenes instantly. I appreciate the great aesthetic wisdom of the BFI for making this wonderful trailer.

[@djr3386]

Thanks BFI for the education 🙏

[@NAmania]

To anyone reading this, if you find yourself even a tiny bit invested when pondering about elusive concepts like the "meaning of life" and "the human condition" and you haven't seen his films, DO NOT waste any more time! You simply cannot experience them soon enough!

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Such a brilliant trailer! Thank you BFI!❤

[@adamcnperi]

Really lovely trailer! Thank you BFI!!

[@barrymoore4470]

Many lovely images and warm, poignant moments from this great body of work to be seen here. What the trailer cannot fully convey is the extraordinary technique Ozu developed and employed that made his films so utterly distinctive, unique even, in the medium's history.