Late Autumn

Born in Tokyo, 1903. In 1922, he got a job at Shochiku Studios and later directed his first film, Sword of Penitence (1927). Among his first films, I Graduated But... (1930) and Tokyo Chorus (1931, 27th Mostra) stand out. During World War II, he was imprisoned and sentenced to forced labor by the British. He eventually returned to filmmaking and directed Late Spring (1949), regarded in Japan as a masterpiece. The stand-out films that make up the latter half of his filmography are Early Summer (1951), Tokyo Story (1953), The Equinox Flower (1958), and Floating Weeds (1959). His last films – Good Morning (1959), Late Autumn (1960), The End of Summer (1961) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962) – were all screened during the 27th Mostra. Ozu died in 1963, on the day he would have turned 60, leaving behind 53 films.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA