Yasujiro Ozu

Silent Ozu — Three Crime Dramas (1930-1933) [Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Jan. 15, 2019

Silent Ozu — Three Crime Dramas (1930-1933) [Criterion Collection, Eclipse Series 42]
DVD Video, 3 x DVD5 | 1hr 40mn + 1hr 36mn + 1hr 05mn | NTSC 4:3 | 720x480 | 3 x ~ 4.2 Gb
Japanese (日本語): Dolby AC3, 2 ch, 384 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

The great Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu is best known for the stately, meditative domestic dramas he made after World War II. But during his first decade at Shochiku studios, where he dabbled in many genres, he put out a trio of precisely rendered, magnificently shot and edited silent crime films about the hopes, dreams, and loves of small-time crooks. Heavily influenced in narrative and visual style by the American films that Ozu adored, these movies are revelatory early examples of his cinematic genius, accompanied here by new piano scores by Neil Brand.

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An Autumn Afternoon (1962) [The Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by MirrorsMaker at Jan. 5, 2019

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1480x1080 | x264 @ 22,6 Mbps | 113 min | 18,17 Gb
Audio: Japanese FLAC 1.0 @ 219 Kbps + English Commentary | Subs: English
Genre: Drama

The last film by Yasujiro Ozu was also his final masterpiece, a gently heartbreaking story about a man’s dignifed resignation to life’s shifting currents and society’s modernization. Though the widower Shuhei (frequent Ozu leading man Chishu Ryu) has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events leads him to accept and encourage her marriage and departure from their home. As elegantly composed and achingly tender as any of the Japanese master’s films, An Autumn Afternoon is one of cinema’s fondest farewells.

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An Autumn Afternoon / Sanma no aji (1962) [Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Dec. 30, 2017

An Autumn Afternoon / Sanma no aji (1962) [Criterion Collection, Spine #446]
Blu-Ray | BDMV | AVC, 1920x1080, ~34.7 Mbps | 1hr 53mn | 36,7 GB
Japanese: LPCM Audio, 1 ch, 1152 kbps; English: AC3, 1 ch, 192 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.

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Sono yo no tsuma / That Night's Wife (1930) [Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Dec. 25, 2018

Sono yo no tsuma / That Night's Wife (1930) [Criterion Collection, Eclipse Series 42]
DVDRip | MKV | AVC 720x480, ~ 1.6 Mbps | 1hr 05mn | 941 MB
Japanese: Dolby AC3, 2 ch, 384 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama

A desperate man with a sick daughter decides to commit a robbery in order to help her. He begins to feel remorse though, which makes him question his decision.

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Hijôsen no onna / Dragnet Girl (1933) [Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Dec. 15, 2018

Hijôsen no onna / Dragnet Girl (1933) [Criterion Collection, Eclipse Series 42]
DVDRip | MKV | AVC 720x480, ~ 1.6 Mbps | 1hr 40mn | 1.39 GB
Japanese: Dolby AC3, 2 ch, 384 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

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Hogaraka ni ayume / Walk Cheerfully (1930) [Criterion Collection] Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Dec. 18, 2018

Hogaraka ni ayume / Walk Cheerfully (1930) [Criterion Collection, Eclipse Series 42]
DVDRip | MKV | AVC 720x480, ~ 1.6 Mbps | 1hr 36mn | 1.33 GB
Japanese: Dolby AC3, 2 ch, 384 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

A small-time hood wants to go straight for a good girl but finds that starting over isn't as simple as it sounds.

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Tokyo-Ga Movies

Posted by at Jan. 29, 2024

Tokyo-Ga (1985)
German director Wim Wenders made this documentary in which he tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu. When Wenders visits Tokyo for the first time, he finds a very different city, one with a booming fascination with technology that often clashes with the traditional elements of Japanese culture. Wenders also interviews Ozu's cinematographer, Yuharu Atsuta, and Chishu Ryu, an actor who frequently collaborated with Ozu.

Documentary

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Good Morning Movies

Posted by at Feb. 7, 2023

Good Morning (1959)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.

Comedy Family Drama

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Hopscotch Films - The Story of Film (2011) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Oct. 21, 2023

The Story of Film: An Odyssey is an unprecedented cinematic event, an epic journey through the history of world cinema that is a treat for movie lovers around the globe. Guided by film historian Mark Cousins, this bold 15-part love letter to the movies begins with the invention of motion pictures at the end of the 19th century and concludes with the multi-billion dollar globalized digital industry of the 21st.

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