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Ozu: The Filmmaker of Happiness

202335 minFrenchFR

Original title: Yasujirō Ozu, le cinéaste du bonheur

This short documentary examines Yasujirō Ozu’s later films, in which post-war Japanese society appears through stories of lower-middle-class families. Fragments of Ozu’s notes from 1933 to 1963, elegant drawings, and film clips are used to explain ten works assembled by Arte, tracing the intimacy and passage of time in this period of his filmmaking.

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DocumentaryDrama
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DramaEmotionalFamily
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Family saga

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