Yasujiro Ozu
The BFI is proud to present Yasujuro Ozu's Noriko Trilogy on Dual Format Edition
New Releases
In July, the BFI releases Dual Format Editions of the critically acclaimed Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu's legendary Noriko Trilogy: Late Spring, Early Summer and Tokyo Story. These landmark releases will also include the first ever UK editions of early classics.
Late Spring
Ozu's award-winning masterpiece is a tender meditation on family politics, sacrifice and the status quo. Also includes the Japanese director's first sound film The Only Son.
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Early Summer
A wonderfully poised ensemble work which presents the intricacies and contradictions of familial relationships across three generations. Also contains Ozu's comic pre-war classic What Did the Lady Forget?
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Tokyo Story
A constant fixture in critics' polls, this undisputed masterpiece is a beautiful nuanced exploration of filial duty, expectation and regret. Also includes Ozu's incisive satire Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family.
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"The great Yasujiro Ozu opens our eyes, in the true meaning of the word, or should I rather say: he sharpens our sense for this important capacity of the movies – the sense of place."
Wim Wenders
"Ozu has always been one of my favourite filmmakers. No one else seems quite able to master his balance of quietness, tenderness and stylistically elegant restraint. I am completely unable to imagine the world of cinema without his perfect, contemplative (and often funny) observations of human nature."
Jim Jarmusch
"Ozu is my favourite director."
Nuri Bilge Ceylan