Film

Ozu: The Filmmaker of Happiness

2023 · 35m · Documentary

In the later part of his oeuvre, the famous Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu looks at the society of post-war Japan through family stories from the lower middle class. Arte has compiled a decalogy of 10 films from this period from the director's creative work. This short documentary film, created in this context, explains the film works using fragments of Ozu's notes, which he wrote between 1933 and 1963, elegant drawings and film clips. A fine insight into the themes and aesthetics of this moving cinema about intimacy and the passage of time and a fascinating journey into the moving final part of the Japanese master's work.

• Virginie ApiouDirector · Writer
• Isabelle GirardinProducer
• Anne SeymourProducer
• Muriel ThiebacProducer
• Sylvère KretzschmarEditor

Release date

November 8, 2023

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

35m

Genres

Documentary