Highest rated movie: Late Spring (1949)
Lowest rated movie: There Was a Father (1942)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Yasujirō Ozu? Cinafilm has a total of 466 reviews across 7 movies directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 81%.
Late Spring is Yasujirō Ozu's highest rated movie, with a score of 84% based on 187 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Yasujirō Ozu is There Was a Father, with a score of 76% based on 16 reviews.
Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are prominent themes in Ozu's work. His most lauded films include Late Spring (1949), Tokyo Story (1953), Floating Weeds (1959), and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). His reputation has continued to grow since his death, and he is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential directors. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, Ozu's Tokyo Story was voted the greatest film of all time by world directors.
Yasujirō Ozu has directed films starring Chishū Ryū, Toyo Takahashi, Haruko Sugimura and Kuniko Miyake.
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