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Кинокомпания СЁТИКУ
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The artist creates his own style...
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... и этот стиль отражает
the person himself and his personality.
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Yasujiro Ozu had his own themes...
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...your own style and your own way of seeing.
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С позиции низко поставленной камеры...
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... he observed the world of parents and children.
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Because Ozu preferred
calm waters, not raging torrents...
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...he was not interested in stormy dramas...
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... but he loved to tell subtle stories:
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Daughter is getting married
and leaves his parents...
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Aging parents are left alone
waiting for death.
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Ozu could not get bored with such stories.
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How a monk never gets tired
strive for enlightenment...
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... this is how Ozu never gets tired
seek order in your world.
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What kind of person was Ozu?
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What made him choose
this harsh path?
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Why did he devote himself entirely...
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... depiction of family and marriage?
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On his tombstone
at Engakuji Monastery in Kamakura...
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... the hieroglyph MU is carved, that is, “nothing.”
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What could this “nothing” mean?
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I HAVE LIVED...
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BIOGRAPHY OF YASUJIRO OZU
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Producer - Shizuo YAMANOUCHI
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Screenplay - Kazuo INOUE
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Operators:
Yuharu Atsuta and Kitaro Kanematsu
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Editing - Keiichi URAOKA
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Composer - Kojun SAITO
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Text read by JO TATSUYA
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Directed by Kazuo INOUE
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Your first role was in a film
“I failed the exam...”?
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CHISYU RYU - ACTOR
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I got my hands on the script for the first time in my life.
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I was so happy.
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You played a guy who graduated from high school?
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Yes, the heroes of the film failed
at the university exam.
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In that scene you asked for bread
from Kinuyo Tanaka.
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Yes, Tanaka-san...
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Tanaka-san and Saito-san?
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Yes, they played the main roles.
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Then there was “I was born...”
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You played a company employee,
who moves to a house closer to his boss.
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There I also operated the film projector.
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Did you play this role too?
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What effect did the role have on you?
greatest impression?
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- Our last silent film from 1936.
- "The university is a great place."
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I had a big role there.
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I had to do so many takes.
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Then "Only Son"?
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Yes, Ozu's first sound film.
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Role in the film "The Only Son"...
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Did you play a teacher?
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Yes, this role helped me a lot in my career.
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Then you had a leading role
in the film "There Was a Father."
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Yes. Was this film released in 1942?
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Exactly.
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It was a big role.
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I was on the screen from the beginning to the very end.
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I was surprised that Ozu instructed me
such a big role.
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He said, “Hey, Ryu, come over.
We need to talk"
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"Usually when you're happy,
you make such a face..."
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"...and when you're sad, this is what it's like"
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"These grimaces are not suitable for our film"
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"Your face should resemble
Noh theater mask
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He told me to play like this...
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... and the idea of the Noh theater mask
turned out to be good.
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Yasujiro Ozu's first film was
"Blade of Repentance" 1927
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By the time the work is completed
over "The Taste of Saury" in 1962...
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... he made 54 famous films
over 35 years of career
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What was he looking for during 60 years of his life?
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Is it possible that all his glory
and great works...
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... finally turned into "nothing"?
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The answer to this question can be found
only by studying his life and his works.
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1932 film "I was born..."
begins with credits with the words...
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"Illustrated book for adults"
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When children look at the world of adults...
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... with your sincere
and with an unclouded gaze...
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... what feeling is born in them?
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Feeling of collapse of illusions.
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This can be seen throughout the entire film.
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Then Yasujiro Ozu
was only 30 years old.
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FATHER, YOU SAY THAT YOU NEED TO BECOME
A GREAT PERSON, BUT DIDN’T BECOME MYSELF
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WHY SHOULD YOU
SHOULD I BOW DOWN TO THE FATHER OF THE TAROT?
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BECAUSE HIS FATHER IS THE DIRECTOR
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THEN YOU'RE JUST A COWARD
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Yasujiro Ozu is born
December 12, 1903...
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... in the town of Mannen
Fukagawa district in Tokyo.
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He was the second son of Toranosuke and Asae Ozu.
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The Ozu family ran Iwasai's shop,
which traded fertilizers.
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In 1909 he was accepted into the public
kindergarten in Fukagawa
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In 1910, he entered
to Jinjo Elementary School
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He liked to draw.
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In 1913 his father remained in Tokyo...
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... and the whole family moved to the city
Matsuzaka in Mie Prefecture
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Yasujiro went to 4th grade
Matsuzaka Community School
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MATSUZAKA CITY
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His father believed that children should
get an education in the province.
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In my opinion
living in Tokyo for a long time...
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... my father really missed the province.
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SHINICHI OZU - BIGGER BROTHER
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He was tormented by longing for his native place.
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He dreamed of a simple village life.
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It seems that this was the reason.
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Perhaps he thought Tokyo was
this is not a place for boys.
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There are many temptations in the city,
which have a bad effect on children.
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That's probably how he reasoned.
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And my brother was not a model child.
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He was not protected from bad influence.
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Father understood this.
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Still, he is the best
understood his sons.
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In 1916, Ozu entered
to high school...
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... and settled in a hostel
Mie boarding school
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So in those years he...
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You know these behavior reviews.
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Teachers gather and evaluate students.
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They decided something there.
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My brother received very low marks.
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CLASSMATES:
OKUYAMA, KEIKOIN AND NAKAI
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In the fifth grade of high school...
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... Ozu was almost expelled, right?
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But he didn’t think it was anything serious.
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He wrote that letter
to a junior class student...
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...which caused a lot of problems.
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The commandant shouted at him terribly.
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KAWASAKI CITY
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He was either suspended from classes...
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... or they set a probationary period.
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Then, after the summer holidays...
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... the punishment was canceled, but he
had to leave the hostel...
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... and besides, he was prescribed
go straight home after school.
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When he came home...
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... mom had to write it down
enter the arrival time in the notebook and stamp it.
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The next day he every day
had to show this to the teacher.
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Soon he got tired of all this.
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He began to record the time himself
and show it to the teacher.
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He called it "The Book of Stamps"
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He carried it in his pocket together
with a photo of actress Pearl White.
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That’s how he felt about school.
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He was almost expelled from school...
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... but he didn't take it seriously.
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Father often said that Yasujiro was too
easily relies on other people...
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... that he is too trusting...
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...and he needs to be more careful.
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Ozu was very sociable,
he had many friends.
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School years had an impact
he has a great influence.
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Remembering those years, he later said...
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I WOULD HAPPY AGAIN
LIVED MY SCHOOL YEARS
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"I was reading books
Tanizaki and Akutagawa..."
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"... but I only watched foreign films"
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"This may sound pretentious,
but I didn't like Japanese films..."
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"... which, compared to others,
seemed amateur"
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PLACE WHERE IT WAS LOCATED
KANRAKUZA CINEMA
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"At that time in films
showed simple stories..."
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"...devoid of emotional depth"
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"Then I saw an American
film "Civilization" by Thomas Ince"
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"I was completely shocked
this masterpiece of its time"
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"That's when I decided to become a film director"
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PEARL WHITE
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Ozu graduated from high school in 1921.
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His father urged him to apply...
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... to the college of commerce,
where his brother studied...
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... but he didn't pass the exams, and
had to wait until next year.
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In 1922, after repeated failure...
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... he became a teacher's assistant
Miyamae Elementary School
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It took an hour to get there
by train from Matsuzaka...
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... and then take a long bus ride to
a small town lost in the mountains.
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He never forced us to study.
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EIZO MORIMOTO - FORMER STUDENT OF OZU
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He was just saying...
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"If you don't learn this,
you'll feel bad"
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"I teach you because it's my job"
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"If you don't want to study,
that's your problem"
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"It's your loss"
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"If you want to learn, study"
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He often said that.
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Naturally, when he taught us this way,
my grades were getting better.
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And every Sunday he climbed the mountain?
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- Yes.
- To this mountain?
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- This one?
- Yes. This is more than 1050 meters.
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Yes.
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And he liked going to geta.
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So big.
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They were like kitchen boards.
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In kimonos and these big geta
(he always wore Japanese clothes)...
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...he went for a walk in the mountains.
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And among the teachers there were no
some beautiful woman?
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Was.
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Were they in love?
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Well, I don't know...
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I was only 10 years old then.
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If there was something between them,
I wouldn't know anyway.
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Ozu spent time in the mountains.
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He painted and wrote poetry.
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He couldn't wait to become a director.
He decided it for sure.
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In 1923, his sister Toki
graduated from Matsuzaka High School.
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Ozu left his position as a teacher, and
returned to Tokyo with her.
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The family has reunited.
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Here Ozu seized the long-awaited
a chance to work in films.
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August 1, 1923...
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...he started working at a film studio
Shochiku in Kamata as assistant cameraman
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He was 20 years old.
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Dad was against it?
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Yes. As a man of traditional views,
he did not consent at first.
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And who did he see him as?
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NOBUZO OZU - BROTHER
TOKU YAMASTA - SISTER
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I don’t know exactly what his father wanted from him.
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In those years, to the filmmakers
They didn't treat me very well.
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Nobody considered it
respected profession?
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But mom reacted differently to this?
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Did she approve of him?
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There was nothing she could do.
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Nothing?
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Yes. He wanted it too much.
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There was nothing left but
let him do what he wants.
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A month after Ozu
came to Kamata...
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... September 1st happened
Great Kanto Earthquake
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His house in Fukagawa burned to the ground.
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Getting from Kamata on foot,
Ozu reached home only at night.
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This is how he remembered those days...
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"At that time the only director
over 30 years old was Hotei Nomura"
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Mom saw Yasujiro Shimazu's film,
and I thought that I took it"
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She said...
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"Yasujiro even changed
your surname in Shimazu..."
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"... because he is ashamed of his work"
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In 1924 it was tested
for admission to military service"
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He was called to the fourth
Tokyo Infantry Regiment
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He's not very diligent
was engaged, he showed cunning.
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When the time came for the exercise...
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... he made the doctor decide
that there is something wrong with his health...
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... and he was released from training.
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A year later he was demobilized
with the rank of sergeant
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He returned to Shochiku.
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In 1927, studio director Shiro Kido...
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... entrusted him with making jidaigeki films.
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His first film was "Sword of Repentance"
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Ozu was 24 years old.
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Only 4 years have passed since then
how he came to Shochiku.
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Mrs. Akira Fushimi...
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...your husband's first scripts for Ozu...
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It was "Wives on the Road" and "Days of Youth"
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At that time, directors were closely
interacted with the scriptwriters?
243
00:19:26,049 --> 00:19:28,882
Yes, very cramped.
244
00:19:29,019 --> 00:19:34,116
If they didn't finish on time,
then stayed overnight at each other's place.
245
00:19:34,858 --> 00:19:40,262
Most of them were between 20 and 30 years old.
246
00:19:40,397 --> 00:19:47,462
For them, cinema was the meaning of their whole life.
247
00:19:47,604 --> 00:19:54,009
Yes. He came often
at 10 o'clock at night, and woke us up.
248
00:19:54,144 --> 00:19:57,671
- Ozu-san?
- Yes, he bothered everyone.
249
00:20:00,050 --> 00:20:03,351
He suddenly appeared in front of
home, and sang at the top of his voice.
250
00:20:03,653 --> 00:20:06,486
My husband said: “It’s Ozu again”
251
00:20:06,623 --> 00:20:10,650
I had to open the window,
and he shouted to us "Wake up"
252
00:20:10,794 --> 00:20:16,494
And we went to open the door for him.
253
00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:20,000
But they usually didn't drink much.
254
00:20:20,136 --> 00:20:22,229
Did he just sing to wake you up?
255
00:20:22,572 --> 00:20:27,537
At this moment, cooperation had already begun
Ozu with cinematographer Hideo Mohara
256
00:20:28,244 --> 00:20:32,203
They made a series of films about students.
257
00:20:32,349 --> 00:20:33,970
"I graduated from the university..."
258
00:20:33,995 --> 00:20:37,572
"I failed the exam..."
"The university is a great place"
259
00:20:37,721 --> 00:20:41,350
At that time there were two newspapers...
260
00:20:41,491 --> 00:20:44,756
... daily "Sunday"
and weekly "Asahi"
261
00:20:44,894 --> 00:20:48,557
There were no others at that time.
262
00:20:48,698 --> 00:20:54,034
The hero of the film graduates
university, but he doesn't have a job.
263
00:20:54,170 --> 00:20:57,162
His fiancee comes to town.
264
00:20:57,307 --> 00:20:59,332
And he pretends to go to work.
265
00:21:00,343 --> 00:21:04,245
Takes a lunch box from home,
and then sits down in a clearing and eats it.
266
00:21:04,881 --> 00:21:08,044
It turns out, for him...
267
00:21:08,184 --> 00:21:12,587
...every day is like Sunday.
268
00:21:12,722 --> 00:21:17,318
Just like the daily newspaper "Sunday"
269
00:21:17,460 --> 00:21:20,156
This close-up
expresses the whole idea of the film.
270
00:21:20,296 --> 00:21:21,456
YASU SASAKI - SCREENWRITER
271
00:21:21,598 --> 00:21:25,227
I still remember
how well it worked.
272
00:21:25,301 --> 00:21:27,132
He made great use of that newspaper.
273
00:21:27,270 --> 00:21:30,262
There was a special tragedy in this.
274
00:21:31,474 --> 00:21:38,812
That's when critics noticed
this feature of Ozu's films.
275
00:21:38,948 --> 00:21:42,384
Almost all of his films were like this.
276
00:21:42,986 --> 00:21:46,990
Years later, Ozu said
"I've made a lot of films about students"
277
00:21:46,990 --> 00:21:49,071
"To the young director,
filming young actors..."
278
00:21:49,096 --> 00:21:51,803
" ... have to shoot stories
about students or graduates"
279
00:21:51,803 --> 00:21:52,874
I FAILED THE EXAM...
280
00:21:52,962 --> 00:21:56,723
Graduates are admitted
only up to a certain job.
281
00:21:56,866 --> 00:22:00,825
"At that time students
did not enter into clashes with the police"
282
00:22:00,970 --> 00:22:06,067
"It was good material
for a light comedy"
283
00:22:30,233 --> 00:22:33,896
There is bittersweetness here
takes its form...
284
00:22:34,037 --> 00:22:37,370
... which is characteristic
for Ozu's films of that period.
285
00:22:37,507 --> 00:22:41,341
Although he said that he was using students
only as material for comedy...
286
00:22:41,478 --> 00:22:46,142
... in the context of the global economic
depression of 1929-1932...
287
00:22:46,282 --> 00:22:51,345
... Ozu's films cast light
optimism against harsh reality...
288
00:22:51,488 --> 00:22:54,252
... and this determined all of his work.
289
00:22:56,559 --> 00:22:59,289
TOKYO CHOIR
290
00:22:59,429 --> 00:23:02,330
Behind a series of films about students...
291
00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:07,425
... followed by several tapes about
graduates who are starting to work.
292
00:23:07,570 --> 00:23:10,903
He painted them in shades
humor and tragedy.
293
00:23:16,346 --> 00:23:17,973
It's dad!
294
00:23:27,857 --> 00:23:31,349
You are wrong.
It can't be dad.
295
00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:16,163
All the things from the chest of drawers are gone!
296
00:24:18,541 --> 00:24:22,746
All I knew about my father was
what Ozu-san told me.
297
00:24:22,746 --> 00:24:24,246
TOKIHIKO OKADA
298
00:24:24,246 --> 00:24:29,185
During filming, Ozu-san
told me what he was like.
299
00:24:29,185 --> 00:24:31,483
MARIKO OKADA - ACTRESS
300
00:24:31,621 --> 00:24:36,315
That's when I found out
what kind of person he was...
301
00:24:36,459 --> 00:24:40,759
...how he loved collecting antiques.
302
00:24:40,897 --> 00:24:46,895
He loved antique watches
and Ozu collected antique lamps.
303
00:24:47,036 --> 00:24:52,531
So they had something in common
same hobby.
304
00:24:52,675 --> 00:24:57,169
born in Fukagawa...
305
00:24:57,313 --> 00:25:00,874
... Ozu deeply empathized
residents of this area.
306
00:25:01,017 --> 00:25:04,418
It showed up
in his Kihati film series
307
00:25:04,554 --> 00:25:06,311
VOICE OF YASUJIRO OZU
308
00:25:06,336 --> 00:25:10,979
People from films about Kihati
similar to Kayan and Nagayama.
309
00:25:11,094 --> 00:25:14,427
I myself was born in Fukagawa.
310
00:25:14,564 --> 00:25:20,059
Where I lived
there were a lot of such people.
311
00:25:20,203 --> 00:25:22,398
I used them as prototypes
for my characters.
312
00:25:22,538 --> 00:25:24,130
CAPRICE
313
00:25:24,274 --> 00:25:28,677
Since the war began,
You won't meet people like this anymore.
314
00:25:29,412 --> 00:25:33,143
Those who used to wear kimono...
315
00:25:33,283 --> 00:25:36,650
...now they wear jackets and sneakers.
316
00:25:38,421 --> 00:25:40,855
In the past, carpenters were
neat and tidy.
317
00:25:40,990 --> 00:25:45,859
Now they look grimy
as if they don't care about anything.
318
00:25:47,063 --> 00:25:52,296
Every house had
small wood stove
319
00:25:53,269 --> 00:25:55,134
Everyone was sitting near her in their underwear...
320
00:25:55,271 --> 00:25:57,262
...drank sake and ate chilled tofu.
321
00:25:57,407 --> 00:26:01,673
Today everything is different.
People buy cutlets and rice
322
00:27:59,462 --> 00:28:00,615
HOTEL IN TOKYO
323
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,483
In 1935 the depression continued.
324
00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:08,730
Ozu observed the society
"floating algae", i.e. unemployed
325
00:28:08,871 --> 00:28:10,964
The film was called "Hotel in Tokyo"
326
00:28:11,107 --> 00:28:15,806
In it, Kihati is looking for work,
but to no avail.
327
00:28:15,978 --> 00:28:18,640
DAD, TAKE A BIGGER GLASS
328
00:28:26,255 --> 00:28:28,689
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF SAKE.
DON'T WORRY
329
00:28:33,396 --> 00:28:36,024
WATCH DO NOT SPILL
330
00:28:47,510 --> 00:28:49,137
LOOK, I FOUND A COIN
331
00:28:51,714 --> 00:28:52,976
LEAVE HER FOR HAPPINESS
332
00:28:56,719 --> 00:28:58,209
SO HEALTHY
333
00:29:08,831 --> 00:29:10,924
Although films about Kihati are made for laughs...
334
00:29:11,067 --> 00:29:13,729
... characters constantly
facing some bitterness...
335
00:29:13,870 --> 00:29:17,567
... which makes them
resist circumstances.
336
00:29:23,825 --> 00:29:25,634
KEISKE CINEMA - DIRECTOR
337
00:29:25,659 --> 00:29:28,620
I started working in cinema
from the position of assistant operator...
338
00:29:28,645 --> 00:29:30,690
...on Ozu's film "The Framed Girl"
339
00:29:31,487 --> 00:29:36,982
Ozu has already filmed several
wonderful films.
340
00:29:37,126 --> 00:29:41,927
After looking at them, I wanted to
make your own film.
341
00:29:42,064 --> 00:29:45,363
I admired Ozu enormously.
342
00:29:45,501 --> 00:29:50,268
I started working at the studio
under the leadership of Ozu
343
00:29:50,406 --> 00:29:56,572
Our first filming took place
at Yamasta Park in Yokohama.
344
00:29:56,712 --> 00:29:58,304
It was late at night.
345
00:29:59,115 --> 00:30:02,949
It was in February
and it was terribly cold.
346
00:30:03,085 --> 00:30:07,215
The film starred
Joji Oka and Kinuyo Tanaka
347
00:30:07,356 --> 00:30:12,020
It was amazing
that the work is so difficult.
348
00:30:12,195 --> 00:30:13,856
We filmed until dawn...
349
00:30:13,996 --> 00:30:18,797
...and then until late at night
Filming continued in the pavilion.
350
00:30:19,669 --> 00:30:24,163
The work in the pavilion was very difficult.
351
00:30:24,307 --> 00:30:26,936
Ozu moved the props
after every take.
352
00:30:26,961 --> 00:30:29,132
There was a framed picture hanging on the wall.
353
00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:31,909
Of course, if you move it once -
it's not scary.
354
00:30:32,315 --> 00:30:34,647
But I kept thinking about
that it is unnatural.
355
00:30:34,784 --> 00:30:41,553
This picture can't always
move around the room.
356
00:30:41,691 --> 00:30:43,818
But Ozu said, “Move it a little more.”
357
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,053
And constantly looked into the viewfinder.
358
00:30:46,195 --> 00:30:50,029
In fact he moved it
a couple of centimeters...
359
00:30:50,166 --> 00:30:53,260
... up, down or to the side.
360
00:30:54,003 --> 00:31:00,670
I thought, "If making a movie is so hard,
then I better quit this idea"
361
00:31:01,510 --> 00:31:05,947
I even called my parents
and admitted it to them.
362
00:31:06,082 --> 00:31:07,808
TATSUO HAMADA - ARTIST
363
00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:11,235
Ozu had some specific
requirements for artistic design?
364
00:31:11,235 --> 00:31:13,285
How to say...
365
00:31:15,858 --> 00:31:21,524
We without much conversation
understood each other well...
366
00:31:21,664 --> 00:31:26,499
... so there weren't any big problems.
367
00:31:26,702 --> 00:31:30,365
Its decorations were mainly
Japanese style rooms.
368
00:31:30,506 --> 00:31:35,136
But he was especially demanding that
what is visible in the background?
369
00:31:35,278 --> 00:31:38,213
For example, it was important for him
what does the fence in the yard look like?
370
00:31:39,148 --> 00:31:43,244
Yes, the shoji shutters were usually open...
371
00:31:43,386 --> 00:31:48,688
...so the fence had to
be visible in the center.
372
00:31:48,824 --> 00:31:51,054
An ordinary house had a wooden fence...
373
00:31:51,193 --> 00:31:55,129
... with vertical boards,
reaching right down to the ground.
374
00:31:55,264 --> 00:32:00,998
The cheap fence had
space below.
375
00:32:01,137 --> 00:32:07,303
In the most expensive houses the fence was made of bamboo.
376
00:32:07,443 --> 00:32:13,780
The higher the class, the thinner the bamboo.
377
00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:16,750
Only the houses of the rich had such fences.
378
00:32:16,886 --> 00:32:18,700
YUHARU ATSUTA - OPERATOR
379
00:32:18,725 --> 00:32:24,818
So you installed the camera
in such a low position?
380
00:32:25,261 --> 00:32:28,287
This is the bottom position of the camera.
381
00:32:28,431 --> 00:32:31,332
To film actors, we raised it higher.
382
00:32:31,467 --> 00:32:36,302
Ozu designed the composition himself.
383
00:32:36,439 --> 00:32:40,899
The operator's assistant was removing the latch...
384
00:32:42,445 --> 00:32:43,707
...to make the camera move.
385
00:32:45,414 --> 00:32:47,575
Was he looking through the viewfinder then?
386
00:32:47,717 --> 00:32:50,686
Yes. And I fixed the position.
387
00:32:50,820 --> 00:32:53,789
And he said, which position is correct?
388
00:32:54,657 --> 00:32:57,524
Yes. Yes, he clearly defined his position.
389
00:32:57,660 --> 00:33:01,721
Then I got down to business.
390
00:33:02,064 --> 00:33:06,626
For example, it seemed to me
that the camera is too far away.
391
00:33:07,036 --> 00:33:10,767
Like this scene?
392
00:33:11,307 --> 00:33:14,799
Then I asked Ozu to look again.
393
00:33:14,877 --> 00:33:16,811
And he looked again?
394
00:33:17,546 --> 00:33:19,241
Close the door a little.
395
00:33:20,516 --> 00:33:22,347
That's how he worked.
396
00:33:24,787 --> 00:33:26,990
KANETO SHINDO - DIRECTOR
397
00:33:27,015 --> 00:33:31,512
Ozu used a low position
cameras are not just a matter of principle.
398
00:33:32,228 --> 00:33:34,594
He got to the very core of Japan.
399
00:33:34,730 --> 00:33:37,631
He was actually looking for something
what is close to the hearts of ordinary people.
400
00:33:37,767 --> 00:33:41,669
This is what he used for
Japanese style rooms...
401
00:33:41,804 --> 00:33:44,568
...with shoji shutters, futon mattresses
and tatami on the floor.
402
00:33:44,707 --> 00:33:48,473
Only clear lines and right angles.
403
00:33:48,611 --> 00:33:51,876
Low camera position is better
just recorded this situation.
404
00:33:52,014 --> 00:33:59,819
And then he concluded
people into these rigid boundaries.
405
00:33:59,955 --> 00:34:04,915
I think through this
he expressed his ideas.
406
00:34:05,060 --> 00:34:08,655
That's why he never
filmed with a moving camera.
407
00:34:08,798 --> 00:34:11,631
And I never shot from above.
408
00:34:11,767 --> 00:34:16,864
The angles with which he
it was convenient to work...
409
00:34:17,006 --> 00:34:20,237
... were within narrow limits.
410
00:34:20,376 --> 00:34:23,903
Unless you have strict restrictions...
411
00:34:24,046 --> 00:34:28,813
...maybe it won't work
think through your idea thoroughly.
412
00:34:29,251 --> 00:34:33,517
These restrictions allow
condense the idea...
413
00:34:33,656 --> 00:34:36,489
... into a more concentrated form.
414
00:34:36,625 --> 00:34:39,093
This is a creative process...
415
00:34:39,228 --> 00:34:43,665
...which is impossible to do without.
416
00:34:43,817 --> 00:34:45,033
FATHER TORANOSKE
417
00:34:45,033 --> 00:34:48,336
April 2, 1934
Ozu's father, Toranosuke...
418
00:34:48,471 --> 00:34:50,462
... died of a heart attack.
419
00:34:50,773 --> 00:34:53,674
He was 69 years old.
420
00:34:56,378 --> 00:35:00,371
In the film "There Was a Father"
in the scene when I die...
421
00:35:00,516 --> 00:35:03,713
... Ozu wanted me to
depicted how his father died.
422
00:35:03,919 --> 00:35:07,320
He showed me how it happened.
423
00:35:07,456 --> 00:35:08,889
THERE WAS A FATHER
424
00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:10,992
Father!
425
00:35:11,060 --> 00:35:12,652
Call the doctor.
426
00:35:16,232 --> 00:35:17,927
Father!
427
00:35:18,834 --> 00:35:21,598
Help me take off my jacket.
428
00:35:23,305 --> 00:35:28,299
Some strange feeling.
429
00:35:35,251 --> 00:35:39,779
SHOCHIKU OFUNA STUDIO
430
00:35:41,223 --> 00:35:46,456
In 1936, Shochiku moved
own studio from Kamata to Ofuna.
431
00:35:46,595 --> 00:35:52,329
Ozu moved into a rented house
with his mother and brother Nobuzo.
432
00:35:55,571 --> 00:35:58,507
In the end, films about
students, and about the simpleton Kihati...
433
00:35:58,507 --> 00:36:02,569
... stopped, and he turned
to the problem of relations between parents and children.
434
00:36:02,711 --> 00:36:07,307
This topic haunted him for
throughout life: the idea of the circle of life
435
00:36:08,050 --> 00:36:12,316
This topic has become central
in the film "Only Son"
436
00:36:13,789 --> 00:36:17,281
It was the first film with sound
recorded in the Mohara system.
437
00:36:17,426 --> 00:36:21,089
For Shochiku it was also
important historical moment...
438
00:36:21,230 --> 00:36:24,722
... since it was the first
film from the new Ofuna studio.
439
00:36:26,268 --> 00:36:27,997
You will go to high school.
440
00:36:31,774 --> 00:36:33,833
I thought carefully last night.
441
00:36:41,717 --> 00:36:43,708
Four of your classmates will go.
442
00:36:43,852 --> 00:36:47,515
You're the best in your class.
If you don't go, I'll be ashamed.
443
00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:57,087
So you'll go to high school
and then to college.
444
00:36:57,232 --> 00:37:01,430
Study hard
and become a bigger person.
445
00:37:28,364 --> 00:37:30,889
Mom, did you like Sugiko?
446
00:37:33,168 --> 00:37:36,137
Why not? She's a good girl.
447
00:37:38,507 --> 00:37:41,237
I was afraid that you wouldn't like her.
448
00:37:50,252 --> 00:37:54,621
Mom, how did you imagine
my future?
449
00:37:56,325 --> 00:37:58,088
Are you disappointed?
450
00:37:58,927 --> 00:37:59,959
Why?
451
00:37:59,995 --> 00:38:04,932
It didn't turn out what you expected from me.
452
00:38:13,742 --> 00:38:17,303
I shouldn't have come to Tokyo.
453
00:38:17,813 --> 00:38:20,247
Sorry I didn't achieve anything
after graduating from school.
454
00:38:27,222 --> 00:38:31,592
If you hadn't sent me to Tokyo,
you wouldn't have to suffer so much.
455
00:38:33,729 --> 00:38:37,631
Why do you think so?
456
00:38:38,267 --> 00:38:41,202
How can you talk like that...
457
00:38:41,603 --> 00:38:43,764
...when you are
just at the beginning of your life?
458
00:38:47,409 --> 00:38:50,640
Maybe you're right, but most likely...
459
00:38:50,779 --> 00:38:53,907
...this little game is already
is coming to an end.
460
00:38:54,783 --> 00:38:57,616
And how should I react
to this bad talk of yours?
461
00:39:03,592 --> 00:39:06,152
I would like to stay with you
in his hometown.
462
00:39:16,538 --> 00:39:18,506
How the larks sing loudly.
463
00:39:44,099 --> 00:39:46,693
CLASH OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ARMIES
464
00:39:46,769 --> 00:39:49,670
In July 1937, the war with China began.
465
00:39:49,805 --> 00:39:53,172
On September 9, Ozu received a summons.
466
00:39:53,308 --> 00:39:57,108
2 weeks before, August 25...
467
00:39:57,246 --> 00:39:59,271
... the director was drafted into the army
Sadao Yamanaka
468
00:39:59,448 --> 00:40:01,973
He came to Ozu to say goodbye.
469
00:40:02,718 --> 00:40:06,779
Was released on the same day
his last film.
470
00:40:08,123 --> 00:40:11,615
Summoning Yamanaka to the Front
came as a shock to Ozu.
471
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:16,462
But when it was his turn, he smiled
and said “I’ll go fight a little”
472
00:40:16,598 --> 00:40:20,830
He waved his hand to those
who came to see him off and left.
473
00:40:23,005 --> 00:40:26,566
In January 1938, returning from exercises...
474
00:40:26,708 --> 00:40:31,077
... he visited Corporal Yamanaka
near Nanjing
475
00:40:31,747 --> 00:40:34,739
"There was very little time to talk"
476
00:40:34,883 --> 00:40:39,149
"He asked if I was going to
make war films"
477
00:40:39,288 --> 00:40:41,085
"I answered that I don't know"
478
00:40:41,590 --> 00:40:45,287
"This was our last meeting"
479
00:40:45,761 --> 00:40:48,881
Yamanaka became infected at the front
serious illness...
480
00:40:48,906 --> 00:40:51,346
... and died on September 17 of the following year.
481
00:40:54,203 --> 00:40:58,537
The Chinese priest wrote
for Ozu the character MU.
482
00:40:58,674 --> 00:41:01,700
From the military trenches,
from the world beyond life and death...
483
00:41:01,844 --> 00:41:03,778
... Ozu brought this “nothing” home.
484
00:41:16,191 --> 00:41:18,716
After returning to Japan,
Ozu took up films again...
485
00:41:18,861 --> 00:41:22,024
... who researched
relationship between fathers and children...
486
00:41:22,164 --> 00:41:24,359
... family and aging parents.
487
00:41:24,499 --> 00:41:28,799
In 1941 he finished work on the film
"Children of the Toda Family"
488
00:41:29,905 --> 00:41:34,239
Brother, why our mother and Setsuko
sent to live in Kugenuma?
489
00:41:34,376 --> 00:41:36,344
Just like that.
490
00:41:36,478 --> 00:41:37,840
Why can't they live with you?
491
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,541
At first they lived.
492
00:41:39,681 --> 00:41:41,171
And what happened next?
493
00:41:41,316 --> 00:41:43,079
They moved in with their sister.
494
00:41:44,353 --> 00:41:45,513
And what?
495
00:41:45,654 --> 00:41:49,249
- Well, they moved into my house.
- And then?
496
00:41:49,391 --> 00:41:51,552
She herself decided to leave.
497
00:41:51,693 --> 00:41:53,251
I don't believe you.
498
00:41:54,496 --> 00:41:56,726
Shojiro, I decided so myself.
499
00:41:57,532 --> 00:41:59,591
Mom, don't get involved in the conversation.
500
00:41:59,968 --> 00:42:04,234
Even if she said so
you shouldn't have let her go.
501
00:42:06,708 --> 00:42:12,203
You yourself said that home
in Kugenuma is worthless.
502
00:42:12,981 --> 00:42:17,213
You remember, right? Did you know that he
too old to live in.
503
00:42:19,354 --> 00:42:25,020
When I returned I was amazed
that my mother and sister were sent there.
504
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:30,188
I have so many brothers and sisters that I
I was sure that my mother would be taken care of.
505
00:42:30,332 --> 00:42:32,027
But so much has happened.
506
00:42:32,167 --> 00:42:33,600
For example?
507
00:42:33,735 --> 00:42:35,726
You left, so...
508
00:42:36,405 --> 00:42:40,603
That's not the reason.
It's all about your attitude.
509
00:42:41,043 --> 00:42:44,979
Now that father is dead, don't you dare
say that your mother is bothering you.
510
00:42:45,714 --> 00:42:47,079
What can you tell me?
511
00:42:48,717 --> 00:42:51,550
I didn't know anything.
I wasn't worried about her at all.
512
00:42:51,687 --> 00:42:54,485
I thought much better of you.
513
00:42:54,890 --> 00:42:59,224
I had to take care of them myself.
It wouldn't be difficult for me at all.
514
00:42:59,361 --> 00:43:01,761
But I couldn't.
515
00:43:02,731 --> 00:43:07,896
Children have a responsibility to take care of their parents.
516
00:43:08,103 --> 00:43:09,798
She gave you life...
517
00:43:09,938 --> 00:43:12,498
...and you can't even take care of her.
518
00:43:12,641 --> 00:43:16,304
And very little time passed.
Just one year.
519
00:43:16,745 --> 00:43:18,770
How can we honor our father's memory now?
520
00:43:18,914 --> 00:43:22,008
He would be upset if he saw this.
521
00:43:22,184 --> 00:43:25,051
You are all selfish.
522
00:43:25,454 --> 00:43:28,446
Ayako, why couldn't mommy stay with you?
523
00:43:29,024 --> 00:43:34,121
She decided to leave before
than I had time to ask her.
524
00:43:34,262 --> 00:43:38,562
Why didn't you insist?
for her to live with you?
525
00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:40,167
You had to.
526
00:43:40,302 --> 00:43:42,702
We were going to, but...
527
00:43:42,838 --> 00:43:45,966
Getting ready doesn't mean doing it.
528
00:43:46,108 --> 00:43:48,975
- But...
- What is the “but”? Speak.
529
00:43:49,111 --> 00:43:53,514
All you know is to talk.
Only your feelings matter.
530
00:43:53,648 --> 00:43:57,084
- No need to be rude!
- Am I rude? Why don't you leave?
531
00:43:57,219 --> 00:43:58,914
Go away.
532
00:43:59,054 --> 00:44:00,385
Ayako, come here.
533
00:44:10,399 --> 00:44:11,431
Sit down.
534
00:44:12,334 --> 00:44:14,268
Leave with him.
535
00:44:19,207 --> 00:44:21,675
Nice couple.
536
00:44:21,810 --> 00:44:23,869
Think about my words.
537
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,815
- What about you, sister?
- I'll go too.
538
00:44:27,949 --> 00:44:29,780
Leave.
539
00:44:34,156 --> 00:44:37,523
I won't accompany you.
Say hello to your son.
540
00:44:43,065 --> 00:44:47,593
Well? Do you think I'm wrong?
541
00:44:49,771 --> 00:44:51,796
Then you can leave with them.
542
00:44:53,275 --> 00:44:54,867
Leave.
543
00:45:02,451 --> 00:45:06,615
Goodbye.
Don't forget to pay the bill.
544
00:45:08,723 --> 00:45:11,248
After the films
"Children of the Toda family"...
545
00:45:11,393 --> 00:45:13,020
... and "There was a father"...
546
00:45:13,161 --> 00:45:19,031
... Ozu wrote with Ryosuke Saito
2 scenarios based on war diaries.
547
00:45:20,035 --> 00:45:24,665
The military did not like it
that they did not glorify the army's victories.
548
00:45:24,806 --> 00:45:28,367
Ozu abandoned this idea with the words
"I'm not interested in such things"
549
00:45:29,578 --> 00:45:32,259
In 1943, negotiations took place
about the documentary...
550
00:45:32,259 --> 00:45:34,403
... about the Indian liberation movement.
551
00:45:34,516 --> 00:45:37,191
Things at the front were getting worse,
and they were waiting in Singapore.
552
00:45:37,216 --> 00:45:39,304
Soon the war ended,
and the project did not take place.
553
00:45:39,421 --> 00:45:41,386
RYOSKE SAITO - SCREENWRITER
554
00:45:41,411 --> 00:45:45,912
So the war is over
when were you in Singapore?
555
00:45:46,027 --> 00:45:50,896
At that time you looked
a lot of movies together?
556
00:45:52,501 --> 00:45:58,633
For example, "Gone with the Wind"
Fantasia and Citizen Kane?
557
00:45:58,773 --> 00:46:03,039
Yes, and also John Ford films.
558
00:46:03,178 --> 00:46:05,578
"How green was my valley"
559
00:46:06,548 --> 00:46:08,413
Also films by William Wyler.
560
00:46:08,550 --> 00:46:12,486
We saw them for the first time
for example the movie "The Heiress"
561
00:46:12,621 --> 00:46:16,216
We really liked them.
562
00:46:17,125 --> 00:46:22,028
It was hard to sit there and wait
when is the war going on?
563
00:46:22,164 --> 00:46:24,189
Not that hard.
564
00:46:24,332 --> 00:46:27,597
There was enough food.
There were almost no air raids.
565
00:46:27,736 --> 00:46:31,570
Even if they bombed
These are mainly military installations.
566
00:46:31,706 --> 00:46:33,298
It wasn't all that bad.
567
00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:39,476
But you weren't allowed to leave
Singapore as civilians?
568
00:46:39,614 --> 00:46:43,380
I heard about
what happened in Singapore...
569
00:46:43,952 --> 00:46:48,480
...and it affected me
deep impression.
570
00:46:48,623 --> 00:46:54,186
When the Japanese were repatriated...
571
00:46:54,329 --> 00:46:58,095
... everyone wanted to get home,
ASAP.
572
00:46:58,700 --> 00:47:05,367
Ozu as director
had the right to leave first.
573
00:47:05,507 --> 00:47:11,275
He and his team were important to the country.
574
00:47:11,413 --> 00:47:14,541
But Ozu said "I can wait"
575
00:47:14,683 --> 00:47:17,311
That's exactly what he said.
576
00:47:17,452 --> 00:47:20,615
When I heard this...
577
00:47:20,755 --> 00:47:25,590
... I thought "How similar is this to him"
578
00:47:26,061 --> 00:47:29,121
If you want to understand
why did I think that...
579
00:47:29,264 --> 00:47:32,256
...read his scripts carefully...
580
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:37,235
...and you will see that each of them
based on the idea "I can wait"
581
00:47:37,372 --> 00:47:41,308
If you want an example,
there are many examples.
582
00:47:41,443 --> 00:47:45,607
But he brought his own to it
"I can wait" many more...
583
00:47:45,747 --> 00:47:48,511
...for example, kindness and justice.
584
00:47:48,650 --> 00:47:54,384
These situations play
important role in his films.
585
00:47:54,522 --> 00:47:57,514
Here's what I think about Ozu...
586
00:47:57,659 --> 00:48:05,361
He had his own
idea of justice.
587
00:48:05,667 --> 00:48:11,537
He attached great importance to this
and tried to show this in my films.
588
00:48:11,673 --> 00:48:16,440
Artists can only talk about
what they have inside.
589
00:48:16,578 --> 00:48:21,675
Ozu's true self in a variety of ways
forms manifests itself in his films.
590
00:48:21,816 --> 00:48:24,876
"I was born..."
591
00:48:25,020 --> 00:48:27,318
"Only Son" ...
592
00:48:27,455 --> 00:48:31,186
... "Children of the Toda Family"
"Tokyo Story"...
593
00:48:31,326 --> 00:48:33,817
... "Late Spring", "Early Summer" ...
594
00:48:33,962 --> 00:48:36,726
If you pay close attention
read these scripts...
595
00:48:36,865 --> 00:48:40,801
...you will find one repeating
an idea running through them all...
596
00:48:40,935 --> 00:48:43,995
...first of all kindness,
and then justice.
597
00:48:44,139 --> 00:48:47,973
And if you apply this to the situation,
it will be friendship.
598
00:48:48,109 --> 00:48:52,239
This way of thinking is in every work he does.
599
00:48:54,282 --> 00:48:56,910
In February 1946, Ozu returned to Japan.
600
00:48:57,052 --> 00:49:00,579
He moved to Noda, where she lived
his mother and younger sister.
601
00:49:04,727 --> 00:49:06,924
He is filming...
602
00:49:07,062 --> 00:49:08,791
... "The Landlord's Tale" ...
603
00:49:08,930 --> 00:49:11,956
... and then "Chicken in the Wind"
604
00:49:16,938 --> 00:49:20,533
Please don't go. Stay.
605
00:49:21,209 --> 00:49:24,269
- Let me go.
- No, don't go.
606
00:49:24,412 --> 00:49:26,277
You're tired.
607
00:49:26,414 --> 00:49:28,746
Rest. Just one day.
608
00:49:28,883 --> 00:49:30,180
Let me go.
609
00:49:31,853 --> 00:49:34,515
What if something happens to you?
610
00:49:55,710 --> 00:49:56,710
Toshiko!
611
00:50:11,159 --> 00:50:13,317
TADAO SATO - CINEMA CRITIC
612
00:50:13,342 --> 00:50:15,609
I haven't been able to forget the name Ozu since then...
613
00:50:15,634 --> 00:50:18,166
...as I saw after the war
"Chicken in the Wind"
614
00:50:18,166 --> 00:50:23,770
I was 17 years old. I just
demobilized from the infantry division.
615
00:50:23,905 --> 00:50:28,501
After the war I didn’t really understand
what is happening in society.
616
00:50:28,643 --> 00:50:34,946
This is a story about a husband who left
to the war and finally returned.
617
00:50:35,083 --> 00:50:37,779
He finds out that his wife
due to lack of money...
618
00:50:37,919 --> 00:50:41,685
...to save a sick child
I became a prostitute for one night...
619
00:50:41,823 --> 00:50:43,916
...and this drives him crazy.
620
00:50:44,058 --> 00:50:50,293
The film says nothing about
What should spouses do?
621
00:50:50,432 --> 00:50:54,368
Although this does not appear in any way in the dialogues...
622
00:50:54,502 --> 00:50:57,960
... we are convinced that
that the husband has no right...
623
00:50:58,106 --> 00:51:01,371
... blame your wife for what she did,
while he was at war.
624
00:51:01,509 --> 00:51:03,602
You go to war to kill people.
625
00:51:03,745 --> 00:51:08,205
The man who killed people
has no right to reproach his wife...
626
00:51:08,349 --> 00:51:10,749
...for the night she sold herself.
627
00:51:10,885 --> 00:51:15,549
There are no such statements in the film.
628
00:51:15,690 --> 00:51:17,453
This is expressed much more subtly.
629
00:51:17,592 --> 00:51:21,585
This is the basis of all relationships between people...
630
00:51:21,729 --> 00:51:24,220
... who has the right to judge
another person...
631
00:51:24,365 --> 00:51:27,232
... this is the basics.
632
00:51:28,403 --> 00:51:31,065
Without using dialogues
he manages to point this out.
633
00:51:31,206 --> 00:51:35,836
I look at it a little differently.
634
00:51:37,479 --> 00:51:44,885
Of course, these actions
the wife was forced by the war.
635
00:51:45,019 --> 00:51:48,978
And she caused trouble
this married couple.
636
00:51:49,123 --> 00:51:53,492
But regarding the question...
637
00:51:53,628 --> 00:51:57,428
...what exactly is war...
638
00:51:57,565 --> 00:52:02,832
... I felt something
how Ozu addresses him...
639
00:52:02,971 --> 00:52:07,101
...not very well thought out.
640
00:52:07,242 --> 00:52:10,336
I am partly responsible for this too.
After all, I wrote the script with him.
641
00:52:10,478 --> 00:52:13,003
I wrote it, but I still feel it.
642
00:52:13,147 --> 00:52:17,516
But this was his method of filmmaking?
643
00:52:17,652 --> 00:52:20,849
He wasn't straightforward.
644
00:52:20,989 --> 00:52:24,447
That was part of it
the way he looked at things.
645
00:52:24,592 --> 00:52:26,059
Yes, that's right.
646
00:52:26,194 --> 00:52:32,155
So I didn't try to make everything clear,
when I wrote the script with him.
647
00:52:32,300 --> 00:52:37,602
And yet I think that if he had made
an effort to better understand the war...
648
00:52:37,739 --> 00:52:42,642
... he could have made the film even better.
649
00:52:43,578 --> 00:52:45,705
WHOM NODA
650
00:52:46,581 --> 00:52:48,049
In 1949...
651
00:52:48,049 --> 00:52:50,292
... he restores the past
partnership with Kogo Noda
652
00:52:50,317 --> 00:52:52,854
They didn't work together after
film "The Innocent Girl" (1935).
653
00:52:52,854 --> 00:52:57,025
They wrote the script for "Late Spring"
and then worked together...
654
00:52:57,025 --> 00:52:59,156
... until the very last
Ozu's film "The Taste of Saury"
655
00:53:00,094 --> 00:53:05,031
In "Late Spring" Ozu draws vividly
the image of a daughter leaving her home.
656
00:53:08,703 --> 00:53:12,298
So you've decided to marry Noriko?
657
00:53:12,674 --> 00:53:15,768
She will be a good wife.
658
00:53:16,978 --> 00:53:21,642
It would be better if I had a son.
There is no joy from my daughter.
659
00:53:26,187 --> 00:53:29,554
You raise her
and then must give it to someone else.
660
00:53:33,895 --> 00:53:36,489
If she can't get married,
then you have no peace.
661
00:53:36,631 --> 00:53:40,397
And if it comes out, that’s also not good.
662
00:53:40,501 --> 00:53:42,332
There's nothing you can do about it.
663
00:53:42,403 --> 00:53:44,200
Our wives were once daughters too.
664
00:53:44,339 --> 00:53:46,204
That's true.
665
00:54:12,634 --> 00:54:13,634
What's wrong with you?
666
00:54:14,836 --> 00:54:16,428
I...
667
00:54:19,140 --> 00:54:20,869
I want to stay with you.
668
00:54:23,845 --> 00:54:26,075
I don't want to go anywhere.
669
00:54:26,214 --> 00:54:29,706
I want to stay with you, father.
670
00:54:31,052 --> 00:54:32,917
That way I'll be happy.
671
00:54:34,656 --> 00:54:38,956
Marriage can't
make me happier.
672
00:54:40,228 --> 00:54:41,820
That's enough for me.
673
00:54:41,963 --> 00:54:43,590
You're wrong.
674
00:54:44,599 --> 00:54:46,260
Life is not like that at all.
675
00:54:50,038 --> 00:54:52,802
I am already 56 years old.
676
00:54:53,941 --> 00:54:56,876
My life is almost over.
677
00:54:57,912 --> 00:55:00,005
But yours is just beginning.
678
00:55:00,148 --> 00:55:03,743
Are you ready to start a new life...
679
00:55:03,918 --> 00:55:08,378
... and you must build it together with your husband.
680
00:55:10,792 --> 00:55:13,317
I have no place in it.
681
00:55:14,662 --> 00:55:19,258
This is the cycle of human life.
682
00:55:23,638 --> 00:55:28,268
When you get married, maybe
You won't be happy at first.
683
00:55:29,510 --> 00:55:34,846
No need to think
that happiness will come immediately.
684
00:55:37,919 --> 00:55:43,152
There's no need to wait for him
but you need to create it yourself.
685
00:55:56,504 --> 00:55:58,699
Shall we go?
686
00:55:59,307 --> 00:56:01,743
- I'll take it.
- Thank you.
687
00:56:22,163 --> 00:56:25,189
Nori-chan, did you take the fan?
688
00:56:34,308 --> 00:56:37,004
You are such a beautiful bride.
689
00:56:38,012 --> 00:56:41,413
How I wish my mother could see you.
690
00:56:46,387 --> 00:56:48,821
Well, shall we go?
691
00:56:49,423 --> 00:56:51,721
Otherwise you will have to hurry.
692
00:56:54,362 --> 00:56:56,330
Brother, don't you want to
should I say something to Nori-chan?
693
00:56:56,464 --> 00:56:58,932
I have nothing more to say to her.
694
00:56:59,066 --> 00:57:00,658
Yes?
695
00:57:01,469 --> 00:57:03,403
Then, Nori-chan, shall we go?
696
00:57:24,292 --> 00:57:25,884
Father.
697
00:57:33,634 --> 00:57:39,971
Thank you for
for taking care of me for so long.
698
00:57:45,546 --> 00:57:48,879
Be always happy.
And be a good wife.
699
00:57:53,421 --> 00:57:54,752
Good luck to you.
700
00:58:01,095 --> 00:58:03,689
Will you be a good wife?
701
00:58:10,838 --> 00:58:12,863
Shall we go then?
702
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:41,660
HARUKO SUGIMURA - ACTRESS
703
00:58:41,660 --> 00:58:48,030
Ozu told me
so I can run around the room.
704
00:58:48,142 --> 00:58:53,136
I did as he asked...
705
00:58:53,281 --> 00:58:55,408
... but it worked out, of course
not very good.
706
00:58:55,549 --> 00:59:00,646
Ozu gave the go-ahead
only after the third take.
707
00:59:01,222 --> 00:59:03,383
This meant...
708
00:59:03,524 --> 00:59:08,689
... that the room was empty after
how her daughter left her.
709
00:59:08,829 --> 00:59:12,390
The reason for these circles around the room,
first of all...
710
00:59:12,533 --> 00:59:16,867
...there were nostalgic memories
about everything that happened here...
711
00:59:17,004 --> 00:59:19,700
...and she also wants to make sure
that I didn’t forget anything.
712
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:22,900
He doesn't express this idea directly...
713
00:59:23,044 --> 00:59:25,604
... and through this my empty
wandering around the room...
714
00:59:25,746 --> 00:59:29,944
...through the way I move,
I walk and stop.
715
00:59:30,117 --> 00:59:33,450
I think that's what he wanted to express.
716
00:59:34,488 --> 00:59:38,151
I didn't understand this at the time.
717
00:59:38,292 --> 00:59:43,491
I remember how I did it rhythmically.
718
00:59:43,631 --> 00:59:47,362
I didn't wander or run.
719
00:59:47,501 --> 00:59:51,130
She just moved easily and rhythmically.
720
00:59:51,272 --> 00:59:53,240
After several repetitions it worked.
721
00:59:53,374 --> 00:59:55,604
And then Ozu said, “Okay.”
722
00:59:55,743 --> 01:00:00,771
If you weigh everything, I think
rhythmic walking...
723
01:00:00,915 --> 01:00:03,577
...that was what was needed.
724
01:00:03,718 --> 01:00:06,209
It came naturally
and not far-fetched.
725
01:00:06,354 --> 01:00:10,984
And, of course, it was Ozu-sensei
helped me do this.
726
01:00:11,692 --> 01:00:14,559
These are the little things he said
made me understand...
727
01:00:14,695 --> 01:00:19,064
"That's right. Now I understand"
728
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:21,761
EARLY SUMMER
729
01:00:21,902 --> 01:00:24,166
- Good evening.
-Who's there?
730
01:00:27,241 --> 01:00:28,265
It's me.
731
01:00:29,210 --> 01:00:31,178
Ah, Noriko-san.
732
01:00:31,312 --> 01:00:34,475
Nice to see you. Come on in.
733
01:00:36,350 --> 01:00:37,612
I'm sorry.
734
01:00:46,961 --> 01:00:49,088
Is Mitsuko-chan sleeping?
735
01:00:52,466 --> 01:00:54,457
Packing your things to move?
736
01:00:54,902 --> 01:00:58,065
Yes, but I don't want to do it.
737
01:01:02,109 --> 01:01:05,340
This is a small gift from our family.
738
01:01:05,479 --> 01:01:10,849
How's that? Thank you.
739
01:01:11,852 --> 01:01:12,910
Where's Kenkichi-san?
740
01:01:13,954 --> 01:01:18,823
He'll be up late at the farewell party
party, although he has to leave tomorrow.
741
01:01:19,427 --> 01:01:20,860
When will you be leaving?
742
01:01:21,562 --> 01:01:23,894
As soon as I pack my things and tidy everything up.
743
01:01:24,031 --> 01:01:26,591
So much work.
744
01:01:32,106 --> 01:01:34,233
Thank you for all these years.
745
01:01:35,209 --> 01:01:38,440
My pleasure.
Have you been there before?
746
01:01:38,946 --> 01:01:45,044
No, the northernmost point,
the one I was in was Utsunomiya.
747
01:01:45,186 --> 01:01:49,589
It's clear. But I'm sure
that you can return soon.
748
01:01:50,157 --> 01:01:52,182
My son tells me the same thing.
749
01:01:52,326 --> 01:01:53,793
Surely this will happen.
750
01:01:54,562 --> 01:01:56,655
Do you really think so?
751
01:01:56,797 --> 01:02:02,702
I hoped he would get married
local and I can stay here.
752
01:02:04,905 --> 01:02:06,429
In fact...
753
01:02:07,641 --> 01:02:11,408
Just don't be angry. And promise
that you can't tell Kenkichi anything.
754
01:02:11,545 --> 01:02:12,545
What are you talking about?
755
01:02:12,613 --> 01:02:17,983
Well I know I have no right
ask you...
756
01:02:18,786 --> 01:02:22,722
... but I kept asking myself:
Could you marry him?
757
01:02:22,857 --> 01:02:25,223
I thought how good that would be.
758
01:02:25,926 --> 01:02:29,828
Sorry. These are all stupid dreams.
759
01:02:29,964 --> 01:02:31,488
Don't be angry.
760
01:02:32,633 --> 01:02:33,759
Are you serious?
761
01:02:33,901 --> 01:02:35,095
In what sense?
762
01:02:36,337 --> 01:02:38,931
Did you really think about me?
763
01:02:39,073 --> 01:02:43,169
Forgive me.
That's why I asked you not to be angry.
764
01:02:44,078 --> 01:02:47,639
You really don't mind someone like me?
765
01:02:50,718 --> 01:02:52,015
If I'm right for you...
766
01:02:53,187 --> 01:02:54,187
Really?
767
01:02:54,321 --> 01:02:55,652
Yes.
768
01:02:56,257 --> 01:02:57,690
In fact?
769
01:03:00,961 --> 01:03:04,294
Exactly? Do you really agree?
770
01:03:06,167 --> 01:03:09,728
What happiness!
Are you sure?
771
01:03:10,171 --> 01:03:15,040
I'm so glad. Thank you!
772
01:03:15,176 --> 01:03:18,111
Ozu said “I wanted not to tell
superficial history..."
773
01:03:18,245 --> 01:03:21,305
"... but go deeper, reveal
hidden undercurrents..."
774
01:03:21,448 --> 01:03:23,439
"...the changing uncertainty of life"
775
01:03:23,584 --> 01:03:26,781
"Therefore, instead of putting forward
the drama of the action comes to the fore..."
776
01:03:26,921 --> 01:03:31,688
"... I left empty space so that
the audience could enjoy the aftertaste"
777
01:03:32,560 --> 01:03:34,670
CHICAGE AWASHIMA - ACTRESS
778
01:03:34,670 --> 01:03:39,702
I will never forget that scene
where I'm talking to Setsuko Hara...
779
01:03:39,727 --> 01:03:42,949
... and I ask, “Have you made your decision yet?”
780
01:03:43,037 --> 01:03:47,064
At that moment we were drinking tea, and I
had to bring the cup to her mouth.
781
01:03:47,208 --> 01:03:51,042
I just needed
turn around and look at her.
782
01:03:51,178 --> 01:03:54,579
Ozu kept saying that I turned around
early, or raised the cup too quickly...
783
01:03:54,715 --> 01:03:57,309
...or turned around late, or
she said too slowly...
784
01:03:57,451 --> 01:03:59,646
...so I have to say it quickly.
785
01:03:59,787 --> 01:04:04,121
He made comments one after another
for 20 takes.
786
01:04:04,258 --> 01:04:09,890
I've completely lost count
and I barely understood what I was doing.
787
01:04:10,030 --> 01:04:12,191
Then he suddenly said...
788
01:04:12,333 --> 01:04:16,599
“The double before the last one was the best.
Let's take him"
789
01:04:16,737 --> 01:04:20,867
By that time I had absolutely no idea
what take is he talking about?
790
01:04:21,008 --> 01:04:22,373
I still remember it.
791
01:04:26,580 --> 01:04:30,641
And have you already made your decision?
792
01:04:31,552 --> 01:04:34,282
So fast? And when are you leaving?
793
01:04:35,723 --> 01:04:38,624
When next he comes from Akita.
794
01:04:39,693 --> 01:04:41,684
This is so unexpected.
795
01:04:41,829 --> 01:04:45,526
I didn't realize that you
someday you will leave Tokyo.
796
01:04:45,666 --> 01:04:46,860
Why?
797
01:04:47,001 --> 01:04:49,526
I always had this picture in my head.
798
01:04:49,670 --> 01:04:53,572
There are many white flowers in your garden,
the house is filled with the sounds of Chopin...
799
01:04:53,707 --> 01:04:56,676
... the kitchen is lined with fancy tiles,
there's a refrigerator in the corner...
800
01:04:56,810 --> 01:04:59,210
...and on all shelves
there are bottles of Coca-Cola.
801
01:04:59,346 --> 01:05:02,144
I imagined you to be such a housewife.
802
01:05:03,050 --> 01:05:04,852
I would come to visit you.
803
01:05:04,852 --> 01:05:08,451
And you would meet me
under a striped canopy.
804
01:05:08,589 --> 01:05:12,753
You're wearing a white sweater
and you are playing with a Scotch terrier.
805
01:05:12,893 --> 01:05:16,163
And you turn to me from behind the fence
in English "Hello! Hau ar yu?"
806
01:05:16,163 --> 01:05:17,163
This is nonsense.
807
01:05:17,231 --> 01:05:20,394
Is it true. That's what I imagined.
808
01:05:20,634 --> 01:05:22,534
Instead, you move to the middle of nowhere.
809
01:05:23,404 --> 01:05:25,395
Are you going to walk
in country trousers?
810
01:05:25,539 --> 01:05:26,571
Why not?
811
01:05:26,607 --> 01:05:30,065
"Good morning, neighbor-san"
812
01:05:30,210 --> 01:05:34,613
"The weather is pretty good, apparently"
813
01:05:35,049 --> 01:05:36,812
Can you talk like that?
814
01:05:37,184 --> 01:05:39,652
“Isn’t it? Look how I train”
815
01:05:40,521 --> 01:05:42,590
SHOHEI IMAMURA - DIRECTOR
816
01:05:42,590 --> 01:05:47,636
When I graduated from college in 1951 I was
among seven newly hired employees.
817
01:05:49,413 --> 01:05:53,834
We drew lots, and so I
ended up on Ozu's team.
818
01:05:53,834 --> 01:05:57,834
I didn't know much about cinema,
but I remembered that I saw Ozu's films...
819
01:05:57,971 --> 01:06:02,305
such as "Children of the Toda Family",
"I graduated from the university..."
820
01:06:02,443 --> 01:06:06,072
And I thought "Wow, I'll work
with a real director"
821
01:06:06,513 --> 01:06:10,347
He was filming Early Summer at the time.
822
01:06:11,251 --> 01:06:16,587
... but only much later
I finally began to understand...
823
01:06:16,724 --> 01:06:20,387
... why does he do this and that,
in exactly this way.
824
01:06:21,261 --> 01:06:25,459
there was one scene in which
Setsuko Hara sits alone at the table...
825
01:06:25,599 --> 01:06:28,090
... and eats rice with green tea
and pickled vegetables.
826
01:06:28,235 --> 01:06:31,261
I remember how I had to
prepare pickles for her.
827
01:06:31,405 --> 01:06:34,533
She ate light, smooth
movements while enjoying food.
828
01:06:34,675 --> 01:06:39,738
And the way she did it,
there was something very sensual.
829
01:06:40,514 --> 01:06:45,041
Although it didn’t dawn on me until I
didn't make Red Lust for Murder
830
01:06:45,586 --> 01:06:48,987
Now that I compare
Masumi Harukawa in my film...
831
01:06:49,123 --> 01:06:51,489
...with Setsuko Hara in Ozu's films...
832
01:06:52,393 --> 01:06:55,988
Perhaps I, as a director,
demanded too much.
833
01:06:56,130 --> 01:06:57,825
Sometimes I ask myself this.
834
01:06:58,532 --> 01:07:02,935
After returning to Japan, Ozu somehow
for a while he lived in his office at the studio.
835
01:07:03,070 --> 01:07:08,599
But then he and his mother
moved to a house in Kita-Kamakura.
836
01:07:10,611 --> 01:07:15,153
There he made friends with many figures
culture living in Kamakura...
837
01:07:15,178 --> 01:07:18,334
...such as Ton Satomi,
Jiro Osaragi, Hidemi Kon...
838
01:07:18,359 --> 01:07:20,461
...as well as Nagamasa and Kashiko Kawakita.
839
01:07:27,928 --> 01:07:33,127
KAMAKURA - TONA SATOMI ESTATE
840
01:07:33,834 --> 01:07:37,861
There were several
writers of the older generation...
841
01:07:38,005 --> 01:07:40,735
... whom Ozu especially looked up to.
842
01:07:41,875 --> 01:07:49,111
Of them, it’s impossible
not to mention the name Naoya Shiga.
843
01:07:49,583 --> 01:07:56,045
And among them was my father
Ton Satomi, who lived in this house.
844
01:07:56,190 --> 01:07:58,569
SHIZUO YAMANOUCHI - DIRECTOR
SHOCHIKU, SON OF TON SATOMI
845
01:07:58,569 --> 01:08:03,720
I think these two people really
created Ozu as a writer.
846
01:08:03,831 --> 01:08:09,167
He was especially delighted with Naoya Shiga.
847
01:08:09,369 --> 01:08:12,998
Shiga was like God to him.
848
01:08:13,507 --> 01:08:17,944
"From his mere presence
It gives me goosebumps"
849
01:08:18,078 --> 01:08:19,705
He said this often.
850
01:08:19,847 --> 01:08:22,441
With my father it was completely different.
851
01:08:22,583 --> 01:08:28,021
He was a close mentor to him,
and Ozu felt much more at ease with him.
852
01:08:28,155 --> 01:08:33,286
Since Ozu moved to Kamakura,
he started coming in quite often...
853
01:08:33,427 --> 01:08:38,091
... a couple of times a week, sometimes after
like getting drunk somewhere.
854
01:08:38,232 --> 01:08:41,633
Sometimes they walked together
have dinner and drinks with dad
855
01:08:41,768 --> 01:08:44,498
They were very easy with each other.
856
01:08:44,638 --> 01:08:50,804
They drank and talked about all sorts of things
trifles until late at night.
857
01:08:50,944 --> 01:08:55,010
It happened that they got drunk
so that they did not stand on their feet.
858
01:08:55,082 --> 01:08:58,848
Sometimes Ozu fell asleep right in the living room.
859
01:08:58,986 --> 01:09:03,719
We understood that we had to put him to bed...
860
01:09:03,857 --> 01:09:08,692
... but no one could move him from his place,
he was so big and heavy.
861
01:09:08,829 --> 01:09:13,027
The worst thing was when he blocked
includes a wardrobe with bedding items.
862
01:09:13,166 --> 01:09:15,532
We couldn't move it and pull out the futon.
863
01:09:15,669 --> 01:09:18,071
I had to just give up on everything.
864
01:09:18,071 --> 01:09:21,068
These are such stupid memories
remained with me about him.
865
01:09:22,175 --> 01:09:25,089
Ozu's films conquered
widely recognized in the world.
866
01:09:25,114 --> 01:09:29,216
Surprisingly, their shows even
today attract many viewers.
867
01:09:29,216 --> 01:09:32,413
What do you think is their secret?
868
01:09:32,553 --> 01:09:35,029
KASIKO KAWAKITA
869
01:09:35,029 --> 01:09:40,376
Ozu's films differ from foreign ones
in every way.
870
01:09:40,401 --> 01:09:46,404
In the way they are made, in the structure
storytelling, directing.
871
01:09:46,500 --> 01:09:53,770
But they touch on something basic.
in human essence.
872
01:09:53,907 --> 01:09:58,674
And they express it this way:
that everyone can understand.
873
01:09:58,812 --> 01:10:03,215
This is what attracts people
regardless of who they are.
874
01:10:03,350 --> 01:10:08,982
I think it's because he
depicts things common to all people.
875
01:10:09,122 --> 01:10:14,526
And viewers all over the world
understand and feel...
876
01:10:14,661 --> 01:10:17,926
...its affinity for Ozu's films.
877
01:10:18,065 --> 01:10:20,378
DONALD RITCHIE - CINEMA HISTORIAN
878
01:10:20,403 --> 01:10:25,005
The Japanese say there is no director
more Japanese than Ozu.
879
01:10:25,005 --> 01:10:29,965
And they are right.
It's actually deeply Japanese.
880
01:10:30,110 --> 01:10:35,480
But when people talk about something deeply
American, Japanese or British...
881
01:10:35,616 --> 01:10:40,120
...if you dig into this depth,
it turns out that these are universal things.
882
01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:42,468
We are all so touched by films like...
883
01:10:42,493 --> 01:10:45,838
... "Tokyo Story"
"Late Spring", "Early Summer"...
884
01:10:45,959 --> 01:10:50,764
...because we truly understand
what the characters had to go through...
885
01:10:50,764 --> 01:10:52,994
... and feel their humanity.
886
01:10:53,133 --> 01:10:57,194
Deep down we feel for them
humanity. We feel the same.
887
01:10:57,337 --> 01:11:00,932
We are different in mind
but emotionally we are very similar.
888
01:11:01,074 --> 01:11:07,206
TOKYO STORY
889
01:11:15,055 --> 01:11:18,957
Look how huge the city of Tokyo is.
890
01:11:19,092 --> 01:11:21,117
That's right...
891
01:11:21,428 --> 01:11:27,560
If we were lost
they would never have found each other again.
892
01:11:38,445 --> 01:11:41,608
Father, what's the matter?
893
01:11:42,616 --> 01:11:44,787
- Thank you.
- I'm sorry.
894
01:11:58,865 --> 01:12:00,924
Father, who is this?
895
01:12:07,541 --> 01:12:13,104
Father! What does this all mean?
Father!
896
01:12:16,216 --> 01:12:17,808
What is it?
897
01:12:18,885 --> 01:12:20,409
He didn't come alone!
898
01:12:20,554 --> 01:12:22,488
- And who is with him?
- Don't know!
899
01:12:26,226 --> 01:12:31,994
Father, how do we understand this?
Father! Answer!
900
01:12:38,839 --> 01:12:43,071
Have you started drinking again?
901
01:12:43,210 --> 01:12:48,512
Tokyo Story is
film about family breakdown
902
01:12:48,648 --> 01:12:51,913
This topic was new and true...
903
01:12:52,052 --> 01:12:55,021
... and Ozu's work was simple
and as perfect as ever.
904
01:12:55,155 --> 01:12:59,091
Father, you are unbearable.
905
01:13:15,509 --> 01:13:19,468
Everyone has left, now you will be lonely.
906
01:13:20,013 --> 01:13:22,538
It all happened so unexpectedly.
907
01:13:22,682 --> 01:13:26,277
If I had known that everything would happen like this...
908
01:13:26,419 --> 01:13:32,756
... I would have been kinder to her,
while she was alive.
909
01:13:34,461 --> 01:13:37,953
Alone, the days drag on so long.
910
01:13:38,098 --> 01:13:39,588
That's for sure.
911
01:13:39,699 --> 01:13:42,099
You feel lonely without her.
912
01:14:18,939 --> 01:14:20,668
After "Tokyo Story"...
913
01:14:20,807 --> 01:14:24,038
... Ozu and Kogo Noda transferred
your workplace from Chigasaki...
914
01:14:24,177 --> 01:14:27,044
...to Villa Noda in Tadeshina.
915
01:14:27,180 --> 01:14:30,377
They wrote the scripts there
to all the latest films.
916
01:14:31,852 --> 01:14:36,880
UNKO-SO - VILLA NODA
917
01:14:48,602 --> 01:14:53,096
Could you tell me about
how did they work?
918
01:14:53,240 --> 01:14:58,735
Well, work for them, actually.
was like entertainment.
919
01:15:00,013 --> 01:15:05,849
And what was the balance between
drinking and work?
920
01:15:05,986 --> 01:15:08,477
They probably drank more than they worked.
921
01:15:08,622 --> 01:15:11,130
SHIZU NODA - THE WIDOW OF SCREENWRITER KOMNODA
922
01:15:11,130 --> 01:15:14,636
They didn't get up before 9 o'clock...
923
01:15:14,661 --> 01:15:18,269
... and loved to take a bath in the morning.
924
01:15:18,365 --> 01:15:20,688
But they kept arguing “only after you”...
925
01:15:20,713 --> 01:15:23,691
...so I was losing my patience,
and went to the bath first.
926
01:15:23,803 --> 01:15:28,137
This soon became a custom.
They didn't go to the bathroom before me.
927
01:15:28,275 --> 01:15:32,871
After the bath they had breakfast.
928
01:15:33,013 --> 01:15:36,608
At breakfast they drank half a liter of sake.
929
01:15:36,750 --> 01:15:44,349
Right after breakfast
they went to bed until one o'clock in the afternoon.
930
01:15:44,491 --> 01:15:47,392
When they woke up, they went for a walk.
931
01:15:47,527 --> 01:15:51,588
They were gone for two hours.
932
01:15:51,731 --> 01:15:53,756
- Did you go to the post office?
- Sometimes. We went to different places.
933
01:15:53,900 --> 01:15:56,869
Probably back to the cherry grove.
934
01:15:57,203 --> 01:16:02,607
Yes. Then they returned
and worked from 4 to 6.
935
01:16:02,742 --> 01:16:10,205
Dinner began between 6 and 7 o'clock.
And they drank another liter of sake.
936
01:16:10,350 --> 01:16:12,113
At about 8 they finished eating.
937
01:16:12,252 --> 01:16:17,622
When they had strength
they wanted to get back to work...
938
01:16:17,757 --> 01:16:21,124
...and worked until midnight.
939
01:16:21,261 --> 01:16:24,321
When they finally stopped
work, they were hungry again.
940
01:16:24,464 --> 01:16:27,297
That's why I always had to
stay awake to give them something.
941
01:16:27,434 --> 01:16:31,837
No matter what, it was just necessary
fill stomachs. Then to bed.
942
01:16:31,972 --> 01:16:35,032
Day after day the same thing.
943
01:16:35,275 --> 01:16:39,613
As soon as they started, a month later
they were finishing the script.
944
01:16:39,613 --> 01:16:42,649
But to start writing it,
it took a lot of time.
945
01:16:42,649 --> 01:16:46,977
So they wrote for a month,
and how much did it take to start?
946
01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:48,553
Two months.
947
01:16:48,688 --> 01:16:52,852
So, only 3 months, it turns out
100 bottles of sake per scenario.
948
01:16:53,026 --> 01:16:55,051
8 for two per day...
949
01:16:55,195 --> 01:16:58,596
It's not quite a full bottle,
but more guests came.
950
01:16:58,732 --> 01:17:00,199
Who drank the rest?
951
01:17:00,333 --> 01:17:03,632
That's right. So it worked out
100 bottles per script.
952
01:17:15,115 --> 01:17:17,187
REIKO YAMANOUCHI - DAUGHTER OF KHONODA
953
01:17:17,187 --> 01:17:24,628
Approximately when did you become alone?
rewrite all their scripts completely?
954
01:17:24,628 --> 01:17:30,028
It started with "Late Spring".
955
01:17:30,964 --> 01:17:36,095
It turns out that from the moment it happened
special contact with Ozu...
956
01:17:36,302 --> 01:17:41,899
...and until the very end, when he died.
957
01:17:42,042 --> 01:17:45,705
Collaboration between Ozu and Noda...
958
01:17:45,845 --> 01:17:49,406
... actually continued
from "Late Spring" to "Taste of Saury"
959
01:17:49,549 --> 01:17:52,677
But, probably on this way
were there ups and downs?
960
01:17:52,819 --> 01:17:56,255
From "Late Spring" to
"Early Summer" and "Tokyo Story"...
961
01:17:56,389 --> 01:18:00,052
...and especially while working on "Early
in spring" and "Tokyo Twilight"...
962
01:18:00,193 --> 01:18:04,755
... did they have any disagreements
or arguments about what should be done?
963
01:18:06,299 --> 01:18:09,393
Yes, when they were working on
"Tokyo Twilight"...
964
01:18:10,437 --> 01:18:14,601
... Ozu-san was very inspired,
and worked with great energy...
965
01:18:14,741 --> 01:18:19,144
...but it seemed my father didn't like it,
what he was doing and he didn't want to help him.
966
01:18:19,279 --> 01:18:23,648
I didn't live here at the time
but every evening she came for dinner.
967
01:18:23,783 --> 01:18:27,287
And the field of how they drank a couple of glasses,
Ozu-san turned to me...
968
01:18:27,287 --> 01:18:29,851
... and complained that the father
doesn't want to help him.
969
01:18:30,156 --> 01:18:32,656
He talked about it a lot.
970
01:18:32,692 --> 01:18:36,822
Ozu-san wanted to do
something more dramatic?
971
01:18:36,963 --> 01:18:41,767
Yes, I think he tried
write something else.
972
01:18:41,792 --> 01:18:43,893
EARLY SPRING
973
01:18:43,893 --> 01:18:49,082
And my father wanted to continue
approximately the same as what already happened...
974
01:18:49,309 --> 01:18:52,676
... for example in "Late Spring"
and before "Tokyo Story"
975
01:18:52,812 --> 01:18:56,304
But Ozu-san had it
no longer is enough.
976
01:18:56,449 --> 01:19:00,613
He thought it was time
do something more dramatic...
977
01:19:00,753 --> 01:19:07,690
What is the strength and energy of youth
would come to the fore?
978
01:19:07,827 --> 01:19:12,230
"Early Spring" is an obvious attempt
shift focus to youth
979
01:19:12,365 --> 01:19:17,132
Not the story of a wife and husband...
980
01:19:17,270 --> 01:19:23,004
... and the heroine Keiko Kishi
and the entire youth group...
981
01:19:23,143 --> 01:19:28,080
... that's what aroused Ozu's interest,
and carried the main load in the film.
982
01:19:46,599 --> 01:19:48,476
KEIKO KISHI - ACTRESS
983
01:19:48,501 --> 01:19:53,058
I heard that Ozu scares a lot of people.
984
01:19:53,173 --> 01:19:55,971
But maybe because of my character...
985
01:19:56,476 --> 01:20:03,211
I consider myself pretty fearless.
986
01:20:03,349 --> 01:20:06,716
He seemed like a very kind person to me.
987
01:20:06,853 --> 01:20:08,684
Although he also scolded me a lot.
988
01:20:08,821 --> 01:20:12,587
I remember that scene where I eat noodles...
989
01:20:12,725 --> 01:20:16,491
... and I have to say something,
as soon as I take a sip of tea.
990
01:20:16,629 --> 01:20:21,657
He made me repeat
this is dozens of times.
991
01:20:23,102 --> 01:20:29,769
I couldn't understand why it was necessary
repeat this so many times.
992
01:20:30,143 --> 01:20:34,739
I'm barely 20, I've just started
filming, and was completely inexperienced.
993
01:20:35,682 --> 01:20:40,051
And I asked Sensei,
why do it so many times.
994
01:20:40,186 --> 01:20:45,522
He replied, "At first you said
before drinking tea...
995
01:20:45,658 --> 01:20:48,218
"...next time
you drank tea before the phrase..."
996
01:20:48,361 --> 01:20:51,387
"... sometimes you drink and talk
at the same time, or don't drink at all..."
997
01:20:51,531 --> 01:20:55,365
"You do it differently every time"
998
01:20:56,369 --> 01:21:00,829
Then I asked "So do you want
so that I do it the same way all the time?
999
01:21:00,974 --> 01:21:03,306
He said "That's it"
1000
01:21:03,443 --> 01:21:07,903
And I asked, “But then why should I
repeat this so many times?
1001
01:21:08,047 --> 01:21:15,283
And he answered:
"Because you're bad at playing."
1002
01:21:16,756 --> 01:21:21,955
TOKYO TWILIGHT
1003
01:21:23,129 --> 01:21:25,962
Mom, whose daughter am I?
1004
01:21:26,966 --> 01:21:30,231
Whose daughter? Of course you are my daughter.
1005
01:21:30,370 --> 01:21:34,773
This is a lie.
Am I really my father's daughter?
1006
01:21:36,276 --> 01:21:39,268
And whose, if not his?
1007
01:21:39,412 --> 01:21:42,506
Do you doubt what I say?
1008
01:21:42,649 --> 01:21:44,344
Do I distrust you that much?
1009
01:21:48,921 --> 01:21:52,288
You are truly the Father's daughter.
1010
01:21:52,425 --> 01:21:56,088
I can say this with pride to the whole world.
1011
01:21:56,596 --> 01:22:00,157
You can be sure of this.
1012
01:22:00,300 --> 01:22:03,428
You have to believe me. Understood?
1013
01:22:04,737 --> 01:22:06,329
Do you understand?
1014
01:22:12,045 --> 01:22:13,979
Do you believe me?
1015
01:22:16,783 --> 01:22:19,115
Do you understand everything?
1016
01:22:20,853 --> 01:22:22,912
Thank you.
1017
01:22:31,597 --> 01:22:36,728
Akiko-chan, one of my clients
told me something the other day.
1018
01:22:37,470 --> 01:22:40,030
And I was worried
are you okay?
1019
01:22:41,474 --> 01:22:45,137
He said you might be pregnant.
1020
01:22:50,750 --> 01:22:53,651
This is true?
1021
01:22:55,655 --> 01:22:57,486
I will never have children.
1022
01:22:58,591 --> 01:22:59,853
Never.
1023
01:23:01,394 --> 01:23:02,426
Why?
1024
01:23:03,262 --> 01:23:07,255
And if I gave birth,
I wouldn’t have abandoned my child like you did.
1025
01:23:07,500 --> 01:23:10,230
I would love him with all my heart.
1026
01:23:12,238 --> 01:23:13,830
Akiko-chan!
1027
01:23:15,241 --> 01:23:17,004
I hate you!
1028
01:23:22,482 --> 01:23:24,883
NOBUO NAKAMURA - ACTOR
1029
01:23:24,883 --> 01:23:29,008
He had difficult scenarios.
1030
01:23:29,422 --> 01:23:33,654
His dialogues were not written
regular offers...
1031
01:23:35,395 --> 01:23:40,662
...as most screenwriters do.
1032
01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:45,032
The phrases were written exactly like this
what they sound like in real life.
1033
01:23:45,505 --> 01:23:47,837
Live speech was transferred to paper.
1034
01:23:47,974 --> 01:23:51,307
I felt the vitality of the words,
just by reading the script.
1035
01:23:51,444 --> 01:23:56,438
And then I understood what was wrong
They were waiting for me, and it scared me.
1036
01:23:56,783 --> 01:23:59,377
For example, my phrase sounded...
1037
01:24:02,355 --> 01:24:08,123
"So I come to work, and nose to nose
I'm going to face this damn boss"
1038
01:24:08,261 --> 01:24:13,392
Instead of writing normally...
1039
01:24:13,533 --> 01:24:17,196
...and leave me the opportunity
choose intonation...
1040
01:24:17,336 --> 01:24:21,898
... Ozu used special signs
and the regulations that indicated...
1041
01:24:22,275 --> 01:24:25,642
...how exactly should I
pronounce and distort words.
1042
01:24:26,179 --> 01:24:28,391
YOJI YAMADA - DIRECTOR
1043
01:24:28,416 --> 01:24:34,116
I was a beginner and Ozu was a master
the most powerful on Shochiku.
1044
01:24:34,253 --> 01:24:40,817
But like all young people, I
I wanted to rebel against the authorities.
1045
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:45,363
Besides, I thought
that he is too conservative...
1046
01:24:45,498 --> 01:24:49,457
...and in scripts,
and in working with the camera... in everything.
1047
01:24:49,602 --> 01:24:52,594
So I constantly expressed
your disagreement with him.
1048
01:24:52,738 --> 01:24:57,368
We swore that we would never
Let's not film like him.
1049
01:24:57,510 --> 01:25:02,209
I think that many of him
the assistants thought exactly the same.
1050
01:25:03,015 --> 01:25:09,284
But the films that you
later they removed it themselves...
1051
01:25:09,422 --> 01:25:13,415
...often attributed
Ozu style or Shochiku style.
1052
01:25:13,593 --> 01:25:17,324
And they look at you
as a bearer of the Ozu tradition.
1053
01:25:18,331 --> 01:25:22,028
Probably when you became a director yourself,
you felt something different.
1054
01:25:22,735 --> 01:25:25,203
I think once I became a director...
1055
01:25:25,671 --> 01:25:32,042
... I saw how tall
the peak is Ozu.
1056
01:25:32,178 --> 01:25:36,581
No matter how hard I try,
the peak remained out of reach.
1057
01:25:36,916 --> 01:25:39,942
And then someone started saying...
1058
01:25:40,086 --> 01:25:43,351
...that my films are
heavily influenced by Ozu.
1059
01:25:43,489 --> 01:25:45,855
This was a complete surprise for me.
1060
01:25:45,992 --> 01:25:48,256
I never thought about it.
1061
01:25:48,561 --> 01:25:55,524
It got me thinking about
what a strange beast this tradition is.
1062
01:25:55,668 --> 01:26:01,629
And what do you think is the
the essence of the Shochiku tradition?
1063
01:26:02,942 --> 01:26:07,811
When I was still young
assistant director...
1064
01:26:07,947 --> 01:26:13,010
...my impression of the old ones
directors including Ozu...
1065
01:26:13,419 --> 01:26:17,753
... was that they
all chic and sophisticated.
1066
01:26:17,890 --> 01:26:21,382
As I said, Ozu was no exception.
1067
01:26:21,594 --> 01:26:26,998
His clothes, restaurants in which
he walked, everything was the best.
1068
01:26:27,133 --> 01:26:31,229
I believed that from his youth
it was "consciousness of the highest brand"
1069
01:26:31,737 --> 01:26:36,106
He belonged to that crowd of the chosen ones...
1070
01:26:36,242 --> 01:26:40,042
...who knew everything about the world
entertainment of old Edo...
1071
01:26:40,179 --> 01:26:43,808
...from Kabuki and bunraku theater
to rakugo storytellers.
1072
01:26:43,950 --> 01:26:50,514
Their knowledge of all these arts was
much more than my generation...
1073
01:26:50,656 --> 01:26:56,322
...and I think they injected a big one
dose of this knowledge into their films.
1074
01:26:56,462 --> 01:27:02,834
I guess Ozu's early films were under
special influence of old rakugo storytellers.
1075
01:27:02,969 --> 01:27:06,370
I guess you could say that
about all Shochiku films.
1076
01:27:06,505 --> 01:27:11,465
The stories of the rakugo masters were based on
to objectivity and realism.
1077
01:27:11,611 --> 01:27:15,274
It was a look at people
from a certain point of view.
1078
01:27:15,414 --> 01:27:20,477
It seems to me like Ozu's films
strongly influenced by the tradition of old Edo.
1079
01:27:20,620 --> 01:27:25,819
EQUINOX FLOWERS
1080
01:27:25,958 --> 01:27:32,488
I remember the scene in "Equinox Flowers"
where the whole family has dinner together.
1081
01:27:32,632 --> 01:27:34,582
INEKO ARIMA - ACTRESS
1082
01:27:34,607 --> 01:27:39,391
All Ozu dinnerware
took it from a chic restaurant.
1083
01:27:39,505 --> 01:27:42,906
And bowls, and plates and tea cups -
everything was just great.
1084
01:27:43,042 --> 01:27:47,843
And then he walked for half a day
from the table to the camera back and forth...
1085
01:27:47,980 --> 01:27:50,312
... to put it all together,
as he wanted.
1086
01:27:50,449 --> 01:27:55,443
All this time the actors were waiting,
and were angry with impatience.
1087
01:27:55,588 --> 01:27:59,824
It was so like him.
Everything had to be real.
1088
01:27:59,959 --> 01:28:03,087
He was also fastidious about seating us.
1089
01:28:03,229 --> 01:28:07,859
"Sit like this, put your hands here,
look at this, turn your head like this"
1090
01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:12,596
He spelled it all out
and then he told us to talk...
1091
01:28:12,738 --> 01:28:18,233
...correcting every intonation,
again and again.
1092
01:28:18,377 --> 01:28:22,108
We couldn't do anything
interpret in your own way.
1093
01:28:22,248 --> 01:28:27,345
But now when I watch his films,
I understand what he was doing.
1094
01:28:27,486 --> 01:28:32,514
He tried to reduce things to their basic
essence, removing everything unnecessary.
1095
01:28:32,658 --> 01:28:35,525
This was his art.
1096
01:28:36,162 --> 01:28:40,462
That's why his films
won worldwide fame.
1097
01:28:41,233 --> 01:28:46,637
Equinox Flowers 1958
was Ozu's first color film.
1098
01:28:47,807 --> 01:28:54,506
We took the train to Toriyama to go
to a restaurant that serves chicken.
1099
01:28:54,647 --> 01:28:56,581
RYUICHI YOKOYAMA - CARTOONIST
1100
01:28:56,716 --> 01:29:01,278
Then I told Ozu that he
should make a color film.
1101
01:29:01,420 --> 01:29:07,791
I said "First everyone had to cross
to sound films, even Chaplin"
1102
01:29:07,927 --> 01:29:10,122
“Now everything is shot in color.”
1103
01:29:10,262 --> 01:29:15,427
"Stop resisting like this
Chaplin did. Make color films"
1104
01:29:15,568 --> 01:29:21,803
It was autumn, and the reeds growing along the rails
were a wonderful golden brown color.
1105
01:29:21,941 --> 01:29:25,399
In the distance we saw
lovely little house.
1106
01:29:25,544 --> 01:29:29,605
And I said
“What color would you make this house?”
1107
01:29:29,749 --> 01:29:31,979
After a short pause he said "Green!"
1108
01:29:32,852 --> 01:29:36,879
I love one person.
1109
01:29:37,456 --> 01:29:39,424
Yes? So what?
1110
01:29:39,992 --> 01:29:42,119
Mom doesn't like him.
1111
01:29:42,261 --> 01:29:43,261
Why?
1112
01:29:43,329 --> 01:29:46,162
She is always unhappy if I
I don't do what she wants.
1113
01:29:46,298 --> 01:29:51,895
But I can't listen to her.
Besides, we made a promise to each other.
1114
01:29:52,471 --> 01:29:53,904
And who is he?
1115
01:29:55,040 --> 01:29:57,668
My old friend.
1116
01:29:57,810 --> 01:30:02,247
And mom wants me to go out
for the son of a merchant from Osaka.
1117
01:30:02,381 --> 01:30:06,215
She says "He is a handsome young man.
From a famous family. He has a lot of money"
1118
01:30:06,352 --> 01:30:10,186
"Everything is arranged. No BUTs or IFs!
I will do everything for you"
1119
01:30:10,322 --> 01:30:14,190
"The oracle from the Fushimi Temple said,
that you will find happiness in the west"
1120
01:30:14,927 --> 01:30:17,293
Nothing funny.
1121
01:30:17,630 --> 01:30:20,121
"Omatsu, have it ready by morning
big donation"
1122
01:30:20,266 --> 01:30:23,758
"And you, Yukiko, take him to the temple,
and thank the gods"
1123
01:30:23,903 --> 01:30:25,530
That's what she said.
1124
01:30:25,671 --> 01:30:27,161
And what did you answer her?
1125
01:30:27,873 --> 01:30:29,966
She said it was all nonsense.
1126
01:30:30,109 --> 01:30:31,701
And then what?
1127
01:30:32,878 --> 01:30:36,575
Mom got angry.
"What are you thinking about?"
1128
01:30:36,715 --> 01:30:39,741
"Do you understand how profitable this is?
party for you? There are no others like this"
1129
01:30:39,885 --> 01:30:44,083
"Do you want
so that the gods will turn away from you?
1130
01:30:44,223 --> 01:30:48,353
She was so angry
then I just got up and left.
1131
01:30:49,295 --> 01:30:52,890
With Ozu, everything had to be authentic.
1132
01:30:53,432 --> 01:30:56,890
When he needed
setting for the bar scene...
1133
01:30:57,036 --> 01:31:02,872
... he asked for items for a while
from my home bar.
1134
01:31:03,008 --> 01:31:04,976
But I told him
"I only have fakes at home"
1135
01:31:05,110 --> 01:31:08,102
"Go to a bar in Ginza,
and they will give you real things"
1136
01:31:08,247 --> 01:31:09,714
I remember that incident well.
1137
01:31:09,849 --> 01:31:13,410
Everything had to be real.
1138
01:31:13,552 --> 01:31:18,046
One day he was drinking and wanted to
I came too. And who did he send?
1139
01:31:18,457 --> 01:31:21,255
He sent Keiji Sada for me.
1140
01:31:21,527 --> 01:31:25,156
This is a movie superstar, and he treats
treat him like a prop.
1141
01:31:25,297 --> 01:31:28,994
So he sent Sade for me,
to invite me for a drink.
1142
01:31:29,134 --> 01:31:32,433
Several times I invited him.
We drank a lot together.
1143
01:31:32,571 --> 01:31:35,563
Anyway for him
authenticity was important.
1144
01:31:35,708 --> 01:31:37,676
Everything had to be real.
1145
01:31:40,980 --> 01:31:43,778
February 25, 1959...
1146
01:31:43,916 --> 01:31:46,976
...Ozu was awarded the Academy of Arts Prize.
1147
01:31:48,854 --> 01:31:54,759
It was in 1959
at the Directors Association dinner
1148
01:31:54,894 --> 01:31:57,920
Then for the first time I
met Ozu-san.
1149
01:31:58,831 --> 01:32:03,825
Fujimoto-san, director of Toho, said,
that he wants to introduce me to someone...
1150
01:32:03,969 --> 01:32:06,130
... and led me to Ozu-san.
1151
01:32:07,072 --> 01:32:09,159
YOKO TSUKASA - ACTRESS
1152
01:32:09,159 --> 01:32:12,968
We stood together under such
a huge concrete column...
1153
01:32:13,078 --> 01:32:20,644
...and talked about a variety of things.
1154
01:32:20,786 --> 01:32:27,555
He was much older than me, but he was
surprisingly shy and sensitive.
1155
01:32:27,693 --> 01:32:30,958
It's like we're man and woman
same age...
1156
01:32:31,096 --> 01:32:34,964
...who are unconscious
check each other.
1157
01:32:35,100 --> 01:32:41,869
At the end he said that he would like
cast me in your new film.
1158
01:32:43,342 --> 01:32:45,333
LATE AUTUMN
1159
01:32:45,477 --> 01:32:52,474
Aya-chan, you said it would be obscene
for me to remarry.
1160
01:32:53,652 --> 01:32:56,951
No, forget what I said.
1161
01:32:57,556 --> 01:32:59,649
Sorry for these words.
1162
01:32:59,792 --> 01:33:03,956
Nothing. Actually I think the same.
1163
01:33:04,630 --> 01:33:07,793
I'm fine alone.
1164
01:33:07,933 --> 01:33:08,957
But mom...
1165
01:33:09,101 --> 01:33:12,867
No, really.
Your father was there, I'm grateful for that.
1166
01:33:13,305 --> 01:33:16,206
I will continue to live
keeping it in my heart.
1167
01:33:17,276 --> 01:33:20,177
I had a good life.
1168
01:33:21,914 --> 01:33:26,817
I don't want to climb
the mountain from the very bottom...
1169
01:33:26,952 --> 01:33:28,419
...again and again.
1170
01:33:30,155 --> 01:33:31,554
But...
1171
01:33:33,092 --> 01:33:38,086
Actually. Everything will be alright.
You don't have to worry about me.
1172
01:33:38,230 --> 01:33:39,891
Marry Goto-san.
1173
01:33:42,634 --> 01:33:45,933
I want you to marry Goto-san.
1174
01:33:46,238 --> 01:33:49,401
I can handle it alone.
1175
01:33:57,916 --> 01:34:00,578
Trust me.
1176
01:34:00,786 --> 01:34:05,280
I say what I think
so leave with a light heart.
1177
01:34:11,597 --> 01:34:16,296
Do you understand me?
1178
01:34:29,415 --> 01:34:32,475
What a wonderful trip it was!
1179
01:34:45,597 --> 01:34:49,363
I learned so much from Ozu-san.
1180
01:34:49,501 --> 01:34:54,899
About alcoholic drinks,
ceramics, painting...
1181
01:34:55,107 --> 01:35:00,067
The kimono I'm wearing right now
it was he who chose him.
1182
01:35:00,212 --> 01:35:03,181
And I keep it carefully.
1183
01:35:04,149 --> 01:35:10,486
He could be mischievous and sarcastic at times.
1184
01:35:10,989 --> 01:35:15,449
When we filmed
"Autumn in the Kohayagawa Family"...
1185
01:35:15,594 --> 01:35:20,190
...we were all going
in our apartment for dinner...
1186
01:35:20,332 --> 01:35:23,893
...and he talked about different things...
1187
01:35:24,036 --> 01:35:28,735
... showing such a side of yourself,
which I didn’t know before.
1188
01:35:29,842 --> 01:35:33,300
One day we all agreed...
1189
01:35:33,445 --> 01:35:38,508
...to take revenge on him for everything
his mischief and tricks...
1190
01:35:38,650 --> 01:35:42,780
...and they imprisoned Setsuko Hara...
1191
01:35:42,921 --> 01:35:48,382
...an actress whom he really appreciated...
1192
01:35:49,228 --> 01:35:52,686
...right next to it...
1193
01:35:52,831 --> 01:35:57,165
...as if they were lovers.
1194
01:35:57,870 --> 01:36:00,498
Sensei blushed all over,
and got very excited.
1195
01:36:00,639 --> 01:36:07,738
I think I'm the only one who ever
tried to take revenge on him like this.
1196
01:36:07,880 --> 01:36:10,440
Now this is just a wonderful memory.
1197
01:36:13,986 --> 01:36:15,749
AUTUMN IN THE KOHAYAGawa FAMILY
1198
01:36:15,888 --> 01:36:18,857
Hidden?
1199
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01:36:40,312 --> 01:36:42,405
Try to find it.
1202
01:36:42,981 --> 01:36:45,245
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01:36:45,384 --> 01:36:47,113
Try to find it.
1204
01:36:48,820 --> 01:36:50,754
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1205
01:36:52,057 --> 01:36:54,423
Try to find it.
1206
01:37:08,140 --> 01:37:10,768
How sad.
1207
01:37:12,411 --> 01:37:16,347
If you knew this would happen,
I wouldn't have come.
1208
01:37:54,853 --> 01:37:58,812
Look, darling.
Still, someone died.
1209
01:37:59,057 --> 01:38:00,285
Do you see the smoke?
1210
01:38:01,059 --> 01:38:04,153
Yes, that's right.
1211
01:38:20,946 --> 01:38:24,507
No, it's so sad if it is
elderly grandfather or grandmother...
1212
01:38:24,650 --> 01:38:27,585
... but if it's a young man,
then this is very bad.
1213
01:38:28,253 --> 01:38:31,848
Yes.
But even if someone dies...
1214
01:38:31,990 --> 01:38:36,393
...then new ones are born, one after another.
1215
01:38:37,195 --> 01:38:41,495
Right. That's how it works.
1216
01:39:10,128 --> 01:39:13,757
Death is final
separation of parents and children.
1217
01:39:13,899 --> 01:39:17,164
In the film "Autumn in the Kohayagawa Family"
vividly presented on the screen...
1218
01:39:17,302 --> 01:39:21,466
... the shadow of death that hangs
over us as we grow old.
1219
01:39:29,014 --> 01:39:31,312
February 4, 1962...
1220
01:39:31,450 --> 01:39:37,355
... Ozu worked with Kogo Noda
on the script for "The Taste of Saury"...
1221
01:39:37,489 --> 01:39:39,980
... and that time has come
news of his mother's death.
1222
01:39:41,026 --> 01:39:47,192
He said, “So the old lady left us?”
1223
01:39:47,332 --> 01:39:50,495
He grabbed a towel,
and went to the sink in the garden.
1224
01:39:51,903 --> 01:39:57,102
There he turned on the water at full power,
and splashed it in his face again and again.
1225
01:39:57,242 --> 01:40:01,235
But the tears didn’t stop.
1226
01:40:01,380 --> 01:40:04,679
He stood and cried in the cold
in the light of twilight.
1227
01:40:10,188 --> 01:40:12,188
EIJIRO TONO - ACTOR
1228
01:40:12,264 --> 01:40:16,066
Every time I watch Ozu's films...
1229
01:40:16,091 --> 01:40:22,839
...as the end of the film approaches
I'm getting more and more emotional.
1230
01:40:22,934 --> 01:40:26,836
When I remember the past...
1231
01:40:26,972 --> 01:40:32,342
...it's like an endless stream,
which washes me from all sides.
1232
01:40:33,845 --> 01:40:35,745
TASTE OF SAURA
1233
01:40:35,881 --> 01:40:40,614
You're both so lucky. And I'm so sad.
1234
01:40:40,752 --> 01:40:44,449
Why is it sad?
1235
01:40:46,024 --> 01:40:49,687
Sad and lonely.
1236
01:40:50,595 --> 01:40:56,056
At the end of life we are all alone.
Terribly lonely.
1237
01:41:04,476 --> 01:41:06,444
I was wrong.
1238
01:41:06,678 --> 01:41:08,839
It's my own fault.
1239
01:41:09,114 --> 01:41:11,981
I only thought about my comfort.
1240
01:41:12,751 --> 01:41:13,911
What are you talking about?
1241
01:41:14,586 --> 01:41:17,783
I'm talking about my daughter.
1242
01:41:17,956 --> 01:41:22,984
It was convenient for me to have her near me.
1243
01:41:23,128 --> 01:41:26,063
Several times I could marry her off.
1244
01:41:26,198 --> 01:41:31,397
But her mother died
and it was easier for me to keep it with me.
1245
01:41:31,536 --> 01:41:34,061
And now it's too late.
1246
01:41:34,206 --> 01:41:36,248
SIMA IVASTA - ACTRESS
1247
01:41:36,248 --> 01:41:41,398
I've already acted in several films,
when I was invited to "Taste of Saury"
1248
01:41:41,646 --> 01:41:46,015
I have already started creating
your acting style.
1249
01:41:46,151 --> 01:41:50,952
My fiance, played by Teruo Yoshida,
falls in love with another woman...
1250
01:41:51,089 --> 01:41:52,989
... and leaves me.
1251
01:41:53,124 --> 01:41:56,287
To express my pain I must
was to go to the sewing machine...
1252
01:41:56,428 --> 01:42:01,161
... and roll up the tailor's tape measure
3 times to the right, then 2 times to the left...
1253
01:42:01,299 --> 01:42:06,828
...then unwind it
and again roll to the right 3 times.
1254
01:42:06,972 --> 01:42:09,304
Then swallow the tears...
1255
01:42:09,441 --> 01:42:11,534
...and all this without a single remark...
1256
01:42:11,676 --> 01:42:15,840
... in a complete daze.
I just couldn't do it all exactly.
1257
01:42:15,981 --> 01:42:19,678
He made me repeat it 60 times.
1258
01:42:19,818 --> 01:42:22,912
I didn't understand what I was doing wrong.
1259
01:42:23,054 --> 01:42:27,218
I think I was too much
absorbed by this centimeter...
1260
01:42:27,359 --> 01:42:31,796
... and Ozu wanted me to forget about him.
1261
01:42:31,930 --> 01:42:35,366
When I saw this scene in the movie,
for me it was a real discovery.
1262
01:42:35,500 --> 01:42:39,596
How clear are these simple steps?
expressed the girl's feelings...
1263
01:42:39,738 --> 01:42:42,206
...who was abandoned by her lover.
1264
01:42:42,340 --> 01:42:48,836
Looking back, I realized
that it was a very valuable lesson.
1265
01:42:58,323 --> 01:42:59,881
You are so beautiful, Michiko.
1266
01:43:00,025 --> 01:43:01,253
And it's true.
1267
01:43:03,962 --> 01:43:05,429
Well, shall we go?
1268
01:43:09,801 --> 01:43:16,036
It was so quiet on the set
that you could have heard a pin drop.
1269
01:43:16,174 --> 01:43:20,508
I took my place and thought
"I shouldn't be tense"
1270
01:43:20,712 --> 01:43:25,081
Every movement was clearly defined...
1271
01:43:25,216 --> 01:43:29,619
...how should I lift the glass to my mouth,
how long to drink, what to say.
1272
01:43:29,754 --> 01:43:33,383
There were clear instructions
which could not be violated.
1273
01:43:33,525 --> 01:43:37,723
But it was very interesting to work
with such strict restrictions...
1274
01:43:37,862 --> 01:43:44,927
...and watch how I can express
your character within strict limits.
1275
01:43:45,270 --> 01:43:47,966
I felt like I was learning a lot.
1276
01:43:48,773 --> 01:43:50,263
How much did you borrow?
1277
01:43:50,408 --> 01:43:51,875
50 thousand yen.
1278
01:43:52,010 --> 01:43:54,808
That doesn't mean you can
buy such expensive things.
1279
01:43:54,946 --> 01:43:57,881
You're always spending money on different things
which you need.
1280
01:43:59,250 --> 01:44:00,342
No, that's not true.
1281
01:44:00,485 --> 01:44:03,283
Yes, it's true.
1282
01:44:03,421 --> 01:44:06,754
You know there are things I want.
But I can do without them.
1283
01:44:06,891 --> 01:44:09,553
Give the clubs back.
1284
01:44:12,130 --> 01:44:13,529
It's already late. I can't.
1285
01:44:13,665 --> 01:44:16,930
No, you can. Give them back.
1286
01:44:19,838 --> 01:44:25,105
First of all, golf is not for such people.
small employees like you.
1287
01:44:25,910 --> 01:44:31,439
You rarely come home from work early,
and tired all the time.
1288
01:44:31,583 --> 01:44:34,814
So forget about golf. Give it up.
1289
01:44:36,488 --> 01:44:38,484
KYOKO KISHIDA - ACTRESS
1290
01:44:38,509 --> 01:44:42,680
"The Taste of Saury" is the only film
in which I starred with Ozu.
1291
01:44:43,461 --> 01:44:47,329
I remember the scene where I walk up
holding something in my hands and turning around.
1292
01:44:47,465 --> 01:44:50,434
And my natural instinct
(maybe not so natural)...
1293
01:44:50,568 --> 01:44:55,437
... made me look down,
when I turn around.
1294
01:44:55,573 --> 01:45:00,943
But Sensei demanded
so that I don't look down.
1295
01:45:01,079 --> 01:45:07,040
And I turned around
looking straight ahead.
1296
01:45:07,185 --> 01:45:10,120
It was so fresh and original.
1297
01:45:10,255 --> 01:45:14,749
It was as if he was asking me to be completely
simple, devoid of artificiality.
1298
01:45:14,893 --> 01:45:21,059
How I wish that
there were more films with him.
1299
01:45:21,700 --> 01:45:23,793
Play your favorite march?
1300
01:45:23,935 --> 01:45:27,063
March? Of course, put it on.
1301
01:45:27,205 --> 01:45:29,833
Let's have a drink, Captain.
1302
01:45:29,974 --> 01:45:33,375
I'm so glad!
1303
01:45:47,759 --> 01:45:50,785
Come on, Captain. You also salute.
1304
01:46:04,909 --> 01:46:07,139
Not like this, but like this.
1305
01:46:40,745 --> 01:46:43,543
The weather will be clear and the sea will be calm.
1306
01:46:46,284 --> 01:46:52,848
Its steel sides are ready
to any attack and defense.
1307
01:46:52,991 --> 01:46:55,551
Enough already, go to bed.
1308
01:46:59,330 --> 01:47:05,894
This is our floating fortress,
which we can always rely on.
1309
01:47:06,037 --> 01:47:09,131
What are you muttering there?
Go to bed quickly.
1310
01:47:09,841 --> 01:47:10,967
That's it, I'm going to bed.
1311
01:47:13,211 --> 01:47:15,805
You can catch a cold like that.
1312
01:47:18,516 --> 01:47:20,677
I'm already asleep.
1313
01:47:22,220 --> 01:47:24,780
You know that we have to get up early.
1314
01:47:26,925 --> 01:47:29,291
I still have to cook breakfast.
1315
01:47:38,503 --> 01:47:40,971
Now I'm all alone...
1316
01:47:43,041 --> 01:47:49,742
Our floating fortress
protects the country's flag...
1317
01:48:17,742 --> 01:48:19,676
LATE SPRING, 1949
1318
01:48:19,811 --> 01:48:23,810
Daughter is getting married
and the father is left alone.
1319
01:48:23,948 --> 01:48:28,783
In "Late Spring" we
This situation has already been shown.
1320
01:49:49,000 --> 01:49:54,939
A lonely aging father shows us
the fragility of human life.
1321
01:49:55,840 --> 01:49:58,240
ONLY SON, 1936
1322
01:49:58,376 --> 01:50:00,367
Maybe this is the same MU...
1323
01:50:00,511 --> 01:50:03,708
... which Yasujiro Ozu
always trying to express?
1324
01:50:48,893 --> 01:50:51,384
December 2, 1962...
1325
01:50:51,529 --> 01:50:56,523
... Ozu and his brothers and sisters went
to Mount Koya to scatter his mother's ashes.
1326
01:51:19,190 --> 01:51:23,320
The poems he wrote on this occasion are
he called it "a children's song for old people"
1327
01:51:25,296 --> 01:51:27,491
READ BY KYOKO KISHIDA
1328
01:51:27,632 --> 01:51:29,566
Pilgrimage to Koya.
1329
01:51:32,270 --> 01:51:36,673
To scatter the ashes of the mother,
we arrived at Mount Koya.
1330
01:51:37,942 --> 01:51:42,709
Snow flakes fell from
clear blue sky...
1331
01:51:42,847 --> 01:51:45,338
... on tall cedars.
1332
01:52:18,282 --> 01:52:22,742
The falling rays of the sunset through the trunks
illuminated the tombstones...
1333
01:52:22,887 --> 01:52:25,685
... ancient chancellors and ministers.
1334
01:52:36,901 --> 01:52:41,304
Poor Woman's Candle
shimmered in the Okuno-in Temple.
1335
01:52:42,140 --> 01:52:46,634
Smoke from smoking incense
enveloped the withered maple leaves.
1336
01:52:47,345 --> 01:52:49,245
Let me not be Ishidomaru...
1337
01:52:49,380 --> 01:52:51,541
... but the transience of human life...
1338
01:52:51,682 --> 01:52:56,619
... fleeting, like bubbles on water,
makes me numb.
1339
01:52:57,221 --> 01:53:01,089
But the anticipation of an overnight stay and dinner
makes thoughts move faster.
1340
01:53:01,225 --> 01:53:06,458
He who misses food and drink,
should not hesitate.
1341
01:53:06,597 --> 01:53:09,532
I leave Mount Koya in indecent haste.
1342
01:53:11,602 --> 01:53:16,266
Lamps keep flickering everywhere,
although the monastery was plunged into twilight.
1343
01:53:18,376 --> 01:53:21,277
And there on the altar,
the tiny urn we left...
1344
01:53:22,947 --> 01:53:27,268
... with the ashes of my mother.
How cold she must be...
1345
01:53:33,925 --> 01:53:35,222
Sensei often said...
1346
01:53:35,326 --> 01:53:40,195
"Actors shouldn't do whatever they want.
changing myself from take to take"
1347
01:53:40,331 --> 01:53:43,596
"I'm the gardener here.
It is I who arrange the trees and bushes..."
1348
01:53:43,734 --> 01:53:46,532
"...depending on
what do I want to see as a result"
1349
01:53:46,671 --> 01:53:52,075
"I can't let the trees and bushes
move and grow as they want"
1350
01:53:52,210 --> 01:53:56,146
"If they do this,
I can't cut them correctly"
1351
01:53:56,280 --> 01:54:00,512
Ozu worked as if he
runs a puppet show.
1352
01:54:00,651 --> 01:54:04,212
He moved the actors precisely,
as he wanted.
1353
01:54:04,355 --> 01:54:08,587
But soulless dolls only then
I can touch the souls of the audience...
1354
01:54:08,726 --> 01:54:12,162
...if the puppeteer breathes
they contain true soul.
1355
01:54:12,296 --> 01:54:16,426
Ozu tried to do the same
with your actors...
1356
01:54:16,567 --> 01:54:19,730
...and endowed them with souls
in accordance with your vision...
1357
01:54:19,870 --> 01:54:22,771
...and captured it on film.
1358
01:54:22,907 --> 01:54:25,967
I think that's what he was trying to do.
1359
01:54:26,110 --> 01:54:27,986
FUJIO SUGA - ACTOR
1360
01:54:27,986 --> 01:54:31,538
Ozu became famous as a director,
who does a lot of takes.
1361
01:54:31,649 --> 01:54:35,619
And your game is getting tighter
when you repeat again and again.
1362
01:54:35,753 --> 01:54:40,486
Ozu said, "An actor must be able to
repeat exactly the same thing"
1363
01:54:40,691 --> 01:54:41,988
And one more thing.
1364
01:54:42,126 --> 01:54:46,460
"If an actor does what he thinks
good, it always looks bad"
1365
01:54:46,597 --> 01:54:49,464
He often told me this.
1366
01:54:49,600 --> 01:54:51,640
MUTSUKO SAKURA - ACTRESS
1367
01:54:51,665 --> 01:54:56,255
Ozu told me that I have Japanese
image of female attractiveness.
1368
01:54:56,374 --> 01:54:58,433
And I don't have to fulfill
roles in western clothes.
1369
01:54:58,576 --> 01:55:01,977
He saw me as a gorgeous young woman
from the old shopping district of Tokyo.
1370
01:55:02,113 --> 01:55:06,345
He cast me in the movie "Tokyo Story"
for the role of the owner of a traditional tavern.
1371
01:55:06,484 --> 01:55:08,521
SHINYICHI ROMIKAMI - ACTOR
1372
01:55:08,521 --> 01:55:11,511
I don't remember him ever torturing me.
1373
01:55:11,622 --> 01:55:13,590
And when I think about why this was...
1374
01:55:13,724 --> 01:55:18,525
... apparently he thought
that it is useless to teach me.
1375
01:55:18,663 --> 01:55:21,325
But he often invited me to drink with him.
1376
01:55:21,465 --> 01:55:25,231
He probably thought
That's all I'm good for.
1377
01:55:26,604 --> 01:55:28,834
April 10, 1963...
1378
01:55:28,973 --> 01:55:34,570
... Ozu was hospitalized
about a tumor in the throat.
1379
01:55:42,053 --> 01:55:45,921
OBSERVATION DIARY - KEIJI SADA
1380
01:55:46,057 --> 01:55:48,658
KIE NAKAI - ACTRESS, DAUGHTER OF KEIJI SADA
1381
01:55:48,658 --> 01:55:54,650
July 1, 1963
Uncle is on his 82nd day in the hospital.
1382
01:55:54,765 --> 01:55:57,040
After the operation on April 17th...
1383
01:55:57,065 --> 01:56:01,694
... he was prescribed additional treatment
radioactive cobalt.
1384
01:56:01,806 --> 01:56:07,210
I heard what the treatment is
carried out in case of cancer.
1385
01:56:08,179 --> 01:56:13,276
Uncle said "In all 60 years of my life,
time has never flown so slowly"
1386
01:56:13,551 --> 01:56:17,297
"I can't describe how long
It was last week..."
1387
01:56:17,322 --> 01:56:19,670
"...with this needle stuck in me"
1388
01:56:20,257 --> 01:56:22,282
When the needle was taken out of him...
1389
01:56:22,460 --> 01:56:25,952
...uncle has lost so much weight
that I barely recognized him.
1390
01:56:26,130 --> 01:56:30,464
He repeated again and again
"No words can describe it"
1391
01:56:31,535 --> 01:56:33,526
September 5, 1963.
1392
01:56:33,671 --> 01:56:38,233
Doctors told us that my uncle has cancer.
1393
01:56:39,744 --> 01:56:41,769
Cancer. So it's still cancer.
1394
01:56:42,680 --> 01:56:45,740
Several people, especially close ones
they began to discuss with him what to do.
1395
01:56:46,016 --> 01:56:49,645
We were determined to help
him to cope with cancer.
1396
01:56:51,522 --> 01:56:53,854
September 15, 1963.
1397
01:56:54,158 --> 01:56:58,618
I told my uncle I don't have one
photos with my son Kiiti
1398
01:56:58,763 --> 01:57:02,199
And under this pretext I photographed him.
1399
01:57:02,466 --> 01:57:05,867
He has grown a gray beard,
he looked exhausted.
1400
01:57:06,137 --> 01:57:09,436
I gathered all my will and pulled the trigger.
1401
01:57:11,008 --> 01:57:13,408
September 20, 1963.
1402
01:57:13,544 --> 01:57:15,944
Uncle said "There is no pain scale"
1403
01:57:16,080 --> 01:57:20,676
"I can't say
that the pain today is 100 or 112 points"
1404
01:57:20,818 --> 01:57:23,286
"All I can say is that it hurts"
1405
01:57:24,021 --> 01:57:27,718
"There's no other way to describe the pain"
1406
01:57:28,392 --> 01:57:31,793
He looked very upset.
1407
01:57:33,764 --> 01:57:36,289
November 14, 1963.
1408
01:57:36,434 --> 01:57:38,698
My daughter Kie celebrates City-Go-San Day.
1409
01:57:38,836 --> 01:57:43,068
I brought her to the hospital in a kimono
which her uncle chose for her.
1410
01:57:43,207 --> 01:57:45,471
He was sleeping when we arrived.
1411
01:57:45,643 --> 01:57:47,668
I wanted to leave...
1412
01:57:47,812 --> 01:57:53,444
... but still brought her so that she
I saw his face and he woke up.
1413
01:57:53,584 --> 01:57:56,451
Uncle said "Oh, it's Kie-chan"
1414
01:57:56,587 --> 01:57:59,818
I put her on a chair
so he could get a better look at her.
1415
01:57:59,957 --> 01:58:03,085
I visited him again
when he became very ill.
1416
01:58:03,227 --> 01:58:07,857
The doctors said that they should see him now
They don't let me in, but they allowed me.
1417
01:58:07,998 --> 01:58:11,832
He said "I have done no harm"
1418
01:58:11,969 --> 01:58:16,633
"Why should I suffer so much?
when I'm still so young"
1419
01:58:16,774 --> 01:58:20,642
And I saw
as a tear rolled down his cheek.
1420
01:58:20,778 --> 01:58:25,374
It turned out that this was the last time
when I saw him.
1421
01:58:25,516 --> 01:58:30,419
And I will never forget what he looked like.
1422
01:58:30,772 --> 01:58:32,839
TOKYO UNIVERSITY CLINIC
1423
01:58:34,124 --> 01:58:40,188
Yasujiro Ozu died
September 12, 1963 at 12.40...
1424
01:58:40,331 --> 01:58:45,826
... on the day of his 60th birthday.
1425
01:59:04,655 --> 01:59:10,525
I think Ozu was very lonely.
1426
01:59:11,295 --> 01:59:13,337
HIDEMI KON - WRITER
1427
01:59:13,337 --> 01:59:18,300
This loneliness appeared in his films...
1428
01:59:18,325 --> 01:59:23,012
... no matter how cheerfully he behaved.
1429
01:59:23,107 --> 01:59:29,376
I don't mean to say that he was faking it.
There was also a lot of joy in it.
1430
01:59:29,513 --> 01:59:33,176
He enjoyed life.
He liked to have fun.
1431
01:59:33,317 --> 01:59:40,086
But at the same time, always with him
his loneliness remained.
1432
01:59:40,224 --> 01:59:43,125
That's why I believed him.
1433
01:59:43,260 --> 01:59:48,926
An artist without a spirit of loneliness is boring.
1434
01:59:49,133 --> 01:59:55,629
Many artists have this quality,
not only among Japanese, but also among Westerners.
1435
01:59:55,773 --> 02:00:00,402
I see this quality clearly in Ozu...
1436
02:00:00,427 --> 02:00:03,897
... and in all his works.
1437
02:00:04,982 --> 02:00:08,315
He probably tried
not really showing it...
1438
02:00:08,452 --> 02:00:12,354
... and this is where his gaiety came from.
1439
02:00:12,489 --> 02:00:17,756
In his manner he always behaves
It sounded like "I'm an artist"
1440
02:00:17,895 --> 02:00:21,331
I guess you could say
that he was a man among men.
1441
02:00:22,499 --> 02:00:28,460
I've met a lot of people in my life,
who have achieved success.
1442
02:00:28,606 --> 02:00:32,201
But Sensei amazed me...
how to say this...
1443
02:00:32,343 --> 02:00:36,439
... some incredible maturity.
1444
02:00:36,580 --> 02:00:41,984
I felt that he understood me
absolutely, so nothing needs to be said.
1445
02:00:42,886 --> 02:00:48,017
When my theater troupe broke up,
and friends fled in all directions...
1446
02:00:50,761 --> 02:00:54,458
... I felt
that everyone turned their backs on me.
1447
02:00:54,598 --> 02:00:58,115
Then he and Tone Satomi
sent me a telegram...
1448
02:00:58,140 --> 02:01:00,891
"I'm with you. Satomi. And me too. Ozu"
1449
02:01:01,005 --> 02:01:03,974
I was so happy.
1450
02:01:04,908 --> 02:01:08,901
But then in that same year,
when everything fell apart...
1451
02:01:09,813 --> 02:01:15,547
... and I felt that I knew for sure
what should I do next...
1452
02:01:15,986 --> 02:01:19,183
... Sensei died.
1453
02:01:20,858 --> 02:01:25,022
I had to part with many
people dear to me...
1454
02:01:25,162 --> 02:01:29,758
... but none of the breakups happened
as heavy and painful as this.
1455
02:01:29,900 --> 02:01:33,433
I wanted so very, very much
so that he is still alive.
1456
02:01:33,437 --> 02:01:36,702
He has always been like this
a strong support for me.
1457
02:01:42,413 --> 02:01:48,784
Yasujiro Ozu once said
"The end of a film is its beginning"
1458
02:01:49,753 --> 02:01:52,688
He died on his birthday...
1459
02:01:52,823 --> 02:01:54,313
...as if he said...
1460
02:01:54,458 --> 02:01:57,859
... in life the end is always the beginning...
1461
02:02:07,738 --> 02:02:11,071
Yasujiro Ozu lived life to the fullest...
1462
02:02:11,208 --> 02:02:13,972
... and then returned to MU, to “nothing”
1463
02:02:36,600 --> 02:02:38,601
THE END
1464
02:02:38,616 --> 02:02:46,400
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