Films and TV series directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Tokyo Story

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 8.2

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a...

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Late Spring

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1949 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daug...

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Early Summer

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 8.1

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

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Tokyo Twilight

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

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An Autumn Afternoon

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1962 IMDB Rating: 8

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.

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Late Autumn

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 8

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

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I Was Born, But...

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1932 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of childhood as well as the tragedy of maturity.

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