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| 小津 安二郎 (Yasujiro Ozu) |
| 未来へ話りかけるものたち |
| 100-year Centennial
Exhibition, 鎌倉文学館 (Kamakura
Bungakukan, Kamakura Museum of Literature) April 25 -- June 29, 2003 |
| Book accompanying exhibition -- a few more
page spreads (click on images for larger ones) |
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| sample pages (12-13) |
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Left (pg. 13): The character 無 (mu), drawn by a monk, for Ozu in 1938
(in China?) Right (pg. 12): (Top) Family portrait, September 10, 1937, just before Ozu was sent to China. The bottom two photos are from Ozu's time in China (1937-38), where he served in Japan's Imperial Army. |
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| sample pages (24-25) |
| Pages 24-25: 絵－コンテ (e-conte, or "continuity drawing"),
from 小早川家の秋 (kohayakawa-ke no aki,
known as The End of Summer in the West, 1961). |
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| sample pages (32-33) |
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Left (page 33): Ozu playing a game of cat and mouse with his mother,
1956, on the 23rd anniversary of Ozu's father's death. The poem on this
page, 夜長 (yonaga, or "long
night"), was written by Ozu about his mother in 1962, several months
after she passed away. Right (page 32): Ozu (center) with his mother and elder brother, just under 2 years old, 1905. |
| Links: ozuyasujiro.com -- an out-of-date site celebrating Ozu's centenary (EN). (Link is to Internet Archive version of site.) Ozu | Atsuta -- Tokyo University's "Digital Museum" site on Ozu, "based on private materials of the late Yuharu Atsuta." (Link is to Internet Archive version of site.) Senses of Cinema: Yasujiro Ozu -- articles related to Ozu and his films (EN) Strictly Film School: Ozu -- reviews of Ozu films and books about Ozu (EN) The Criterion Collection -- all the Ozu films they have released on DVD and other over the years (EN) |
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