Great analysis. I once told a friend that Ozu's films are mundane in the best sense of the word. I'm working through his color films and his use of color is so masterful having seen only his B&W films before.
A beautiful video. I’ve been watching Ozu films for the first time, in the last week and a half or so. He has quickly become one of my favorite ever directors. I long for a quiet life of peace and solitude, and seeing his films is just a nice and pleasant experience. Doesn’t crowd your head with drawn-out exposition, no blockbuster movie type-explosions. Just quiet meditations upon the human condition. Life is simple in an Ozu film, as it should be.
I heard on a BBC podcast about Tokyo Story that referring to someone as a "tofu maker" is actually quite a big compliment in Japanese culture as the art of tofu making it considered a very challenging skill to master.
I have noticed that so many famous Japanese art like Ozu, Ghibli, Joe Hisaishi, and most animes and music have this bitter-sweet emotion which really hits our heart. I think this nostalgic bitter-sweet aesthetic is the main philosophy/beauty of Japan.
It is all so familiar, I know every film referred to here, but never tire of them. Nor of Ozu’s ‘static’ positioning of the camera or traditional Japan disappearing before my eyes. Lovely, lovely homage. Your montage is a tribute to the master in itself. Arigatō.
Dude, the fact that you put a Joe Hisaishi piece made this video so emotional. I was holding my tears until 3:50, I couldn't hold it anymore. That part of the song match perfectly with that image so much, it just hits hard. Thank you for this masterpiece, thank you very much.
Besides all the wonderful and deserving accolades others have written here, I’ve got to say something about his sense of humor in his placement of bratty kids in his films…
So... I guess I should start by his color films! I'm still in doubt between two: Floating Weeds or An Autumn Afternoon. Well, only one can be my first Ozu, and only once. Nah, that's not what will matter the most. Your video is beautifully put together. Loved the cuts. Now, what I found the most charming of all were the credit text, and their placement!
I have a feeling it's from Floating Weeds - not certain, even though I've seen the film (gosh, his "pillow shots" are so difficult to tell apart from one movie to the other!). I know, right? I got so obsessed with 4:30 it became the template for my recording background.
To be accurate, Tarkovsky's admiration in Japanese cinema lies in Mizoguchi and Kurosawa, not Ozu. He found Ozu, alas, boring. It's stated in his book SCULPTING IN TIME. It's not surprising though since he was rather anti-montage and had an affinity for long takes and wide shots with drifting camera movements a la Mizoguchi, who was an idol of his. Ozu was probably too static and too much editing for him. It's too bad but that's how it is.
@@HP_____ maybe the things that you are talking about is the fact that you have studied, but i think Ozu is more modern than anyone else. I think Tarkovsky puts Tokyo story in his ten best film of all time . but to me maybe its lied in unconscious. but to be honest if i want to pick up between Mizoguchi , Kurosawa , Ozu, I certainly pick Ozu. those are really great but I think the real cinema is not depend to literature or any kind of theater!!! as i said those are great like antonioni or fellini ... but to me i cant put Tarkovsky, Berson, Ozu or Kiarostami in category of those great. i think the names that I have mentioned are the essence of true cinema and the developed cinema to another level..
@@adelaskari7952 Once again, Tarkovsky did not like Ozu's films, not even Tokyo Story. Not all filmmakers have to like other people's films. Here's his top ten list on a handwritten note: faroutmagazine.co.uk/static/uploads/2019/11/Andrei-Tarkovsky.jpg 1, Diary of a Country Priest - Robert Bresson, 1951. 2, Winter Light - Ingmar Bergman, 1963. 3, Nazarin - Luis Buñuel, 1959. 4, Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman, 1957. 5, City Lights - Charlie Chaplin, 1931. 6, Ugetsu Monogatari - Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953. 7, Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa, 1954. 8, Persona - Ingmar Bergman, 1966. 9, Mouchette - Robert Bresson, 1967. 10, Woman of the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964. Here's the full article: faroutmagazine.co.uk/andrei-tarkovsky-10-favourite-films-list/ You can compare Tarkovsky to Ozu all you want, such as their ways of expressing spirituality in a material world and visual styles, etc... I just wanted to point out Tarkovsky was never influenced by Ozu. There's no harm in pointing out factual error so people can be better informed. Tarkovsky truly admired Mizoguchi, who is certainly a supreme master in Japanese cinema and that's no slouch!
@@HP_____ Did you ever watched any Tarkovsky,s films? or its better to go and watch star wars movie! I talk about many things and you just mentioned about the fact!!! Maybe its just matter of taste.. have a good day bro..
As much as I love Kurosawa and Mizoguchi , Ozu always intrigued me the most. I feel he understands the human condition more than any other filmmaker.
ozu was a genious. he made simplicity look so grand.
ThUrT EilNo He made it grand. Yes!
Simplicity *is* grand. He just pointed this out to us; that was his genius. But we didn't listen.
Great analysis. I once told a friend that Ozu's films are mundane in the best sense of the word. I'm working through his color films and his use of color is so masterful having seen only his B&W films before.
派手な動きが無いのに魅せられる.....
ひとつのカットに対して、このこだわりよう！
その中で無駄の無い動きが感情を表現している！
hello I'm a 64 years old Japanese I'm really enjoy that pick up the great moment of Oz great picture thank you so much what a wonderful moment!
YASUJIRO OZU is the greatest film director of all time.
He is! He abso**inglutely is!
50年も前に新たな文化の映画にこんな映えるシーンを重ねられたことにただ驚嘆します
そしてその素材を見事につなぎ合わせた編集者にも感謝です
また小津作品見返そうと思います
Oh my god, what a wonderful homage...you made me cry. Thank you!
I watch this video often to calm my mind. This brings me tears I don't know why, maybe because Ozu's films connect with me on a deeper level.
A beautiful video. I’ve been watching Ozu films for the first time, in the last week and a half or so. He has quickly become one of my favorite ever directors. I long for a quiet life of peace and solitude, and seeing his films is just a nice and pleasant experience. Doesn’t crowd your head with drawn-out exposition, no blockbuster movie type-explosions. Just quiet meditations upon the human condition. Life is simple in an Ozu film, as it should be.
I heard on a BBC podcast about Tokyo Story that referring to someone as a "tofu maker" is actually quite a big compliment in Japanese culture as the art of tofu making it considered a very challenging skill to master.
Thanks for the TOFU! Respect to Yasujiro Ozu. R.I.P.
A very good film.Thank you for your love to Ozu.
小津への愛が溢れている好企画。わたしは溝口の方が好きだけど、やっぱり小津もいいなあ。
I have noticed that so many famous Japanese art like Ozu, Ghibli, Joe Hisaishi, and most animes and music have this bitter-sweet emotion which really hits our heart. I think this nostalgic bitter-sweet aesthetic is the main philosophy/beauty of Japan.
It's always realistic
thank you.... and if you all get a chance... be sure to watch the movie "Departures". It is a tender and beautiful story... and great cello music....
Just watched it again (have been doing so regularly) and noticed I always finish with a light humid weight in my eyes.
You've accomplished a beautiful tribute, visually and audibly, I hope it will encourage people to watch Ozu films!
Absolutely marvelous! Thanks a lot for this wonderful tribute towards one of the greatest directors of all time.
THE greatest director of all time.
Très bel hommage, merci pour lui !
Excellent video. Ozu is the GOAT. Great colors. I'm used to the B & W.
It is all so familiar, I know every film referred to here, but never tire of them. Nor of Ozu’s ‘static’ positioning of the camera or traditional Japan disappearing before my eyes. Lovely, lovely homage. Your montage is a tribute to the master in itself. Arigatō.
Great video! Demonstrates the beauty of Ozu's style.
Best director ever
Dude, the fact that you put a Joe Hisaishi piece made this video so emotional. I was holding my tears until 3:50, I couldn't hold it anymore. That part of the song match perfectly with that image so much, it just hits hard. Thank you for this masterpiece, thank you very much.
Beautiful 😍😍
Wow! Probably all the color films by Ozu. May be the first video of the kind.
Great to have you back! I really enjoyed the clips and your editing. Great choice of music by the way. Thank you!
Beautiful!
Thank god i'd thought you'd given up on yt! Loved seeing this in my subscription box
I love the background music!
That's quite an editing job. Magnificent!
Besides all the wonderful and deserving accolades others have written here, I’ve got to say something about his sense of humor in his placement of bratty kids in his films…
Magnifique montage
Beautiful
Spectacular!
it’s a masterpiece😍
this video gives me life
So... I guess I should start by his color films! I'm still in doubt between two: Floating Weeds or An Autumn Afternoon. Well, only one can be my first Ozu, and only once. Nah, that's not what will matter the most.
Your video is beautifully put together. Loved the cuts. Now, what I found the most charming of all were the credit text, and their placement!
+Daniel Rosa I'd recommend going with Tokyo Story as your first Ozu, but if you insist on starting with his colour films, go for Floating Weeds.
underrated editing my guy
The first video I've seen of this channel...subscribed.
Muy bueno el vídeo, la música, todo!
全てのワンショットがまるで絵画のよう。
構図が凄すぎて、こんな映画は世界広しと言えど類を見ない。
Thanks!!!!!!!!!
omg.... the films are stunningly fabulous
great!!!
Ozu is the best
I feel like you've seen one ozu film you've seen them all (the color ones) I sometimes watch them on mute and play music
Wow
Looks like the 90mm lens
Cinema lento de Ozu
O melhor
Disparado
「小津映画の画面の中には「赤色」が必ず入っている」事に私は気が付いた。
I noticed that "Ozu movie's screen always contains" red ".
Ozu used Fuji film for this color output, which really makes some colors pop.
He used Agfa Vista. A german color stock. He liked sone of its muted tones and how it made his favorite color pop, red.
I can see colour even in his black and white films.
流石です。ねー。小津サンの一コマを、凝縮で作品の。何れ程か！入れ込みの深さは日本、世界が同じく、感嘆なのですね。
What is the movie I see at 0:18? I just fell in love with that setting.
I have a feeling it's from Floating Weeds - not certain, even though I've seen the film (gosh, his "pillow shots" are so difficult to tell apart from one movie to the other!).
I know, right? I got so obsessed with 4:30 it became the template for my recording background.
1:59 which movie is this?? i always thought it is from An Autumn Afternoon but just found out it isn't!
ちょ！誰よ編集したの＾＾天才か変態w
anashe
music?
from the movie "departures" 2008, Yojiro Takita
TOKYO STORY ANALYSIS the FILM itself
A new video essayist is always welcome on my feed. I'll come back later with what I thought of it.
Thank you very much :) Eager to see your thoughts :D
If Tarkovsky is the poet of the cinema , He actually had a Masters like Ozu And Bresson ...
👏👏👏👏👏👏
To be accurate, Tarkovsky's admiration in Japanese cinema lies in Mizoguchi and Kurosawa, not Ozu. He found Ozu, alas, boring. It's stated in his book SCULPTING IN TIME. It's not surprising though since he was rather anti-montage and had an affinity for long takes and wide shots with drifting camera movements a la Mizoguchi, who was an idol of his. Ozu was probably too static and too much editing for him. It's too bad but that's how it is.
@@HP_____ maybe the things that you are talking about is the fact that you have studied, but i think Ozu is more modern than anyone else. I think Tarkovsky puts Tokyo story in his ten best film of all time . but to me maybe its lied in unconscious. but to be honest if i want to pick up between Mizoguchi , Kurosawa , Ozu, I certainly pick Ozu. those are really great but I think the real cinema is not depend to literature or any kind of theater!!!
as i said those are great like antonioni or fellini ...
but to me i cant put Tarkovsky, Berson, Ozu or Kiarostami in category of those great. i think the names that I have mentioned are the essence of true cinema and the developed cinema to another level..
@@adelaskari7952
Once again, Tarkovsky did not like Ozu's films, not even Tokyo Story. Not all filmmakers have to like other people's films. Here's his top ten list on a handwritten note:
faroutmagazine.co.uk/static/uploads/2019/11/Andrei-Tarkovsky.jpg
1, Diary of a Country Priest - Robert Bresson, 1951.
2, Winter Light - Ingmar Bergman, 1963.
3, Nazarin - Luis Buñuel, 1959.
4, Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman, 1957.
5, City Lights - Charlie Chaplin, 1931.
6, Ugetsu Monogatari - Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953.
7, Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa, 1954.
8, Persona - Ingmar Bergman, 1966.
9, Mouchette - Robert Bresson, 1967.
10, Woman of the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964.
Here's the full article:
faroutmagazine.co.uk/andrei-tarkovsky-10-favourite-films-list/
You can compare Tarkovsky to Ozu all you want, such as their ways of expressing spirituality in a material world and visual styles, etc... I just wanted to point out Tarkovsky was never influenced by Ozu. There's no harm in pointing out factual error so people can be better informed. Tarkovsky truly admired Mizoguchi, who is certainly a supreme master in Japanese cinema and that's no slouch!
@@HP_____ Did you ever watched any Tarkovsky,s films? or its better to go and watch star wars movie!
I talk about many things and you just mentioned about the fact!!!
Maybe its just matter of taste..
have a good day bro..
Japanese song
Japanese movie
Japanese scene
and Japanese!!
このシーンに映画「おくりびと」の曲が流れていたなあ？
自分用
1:35
2:00
almost a beautiful tribute except for that massive GOCO logo at the bottom right. why. no one has ever thanked anyone for branding, ever.
小津さんも久石譲を使ってたんだ！
Get rid of the music, it has absolutely nothing to do with Ozu's images......
愚にもつかない小津の趣味や趣向は無視·むし、付き合ってるときりがない。