5 Great Directors From 5 Great Filmmaking Nations
2. Japan Yasujir Ozu
The films of Yasujir Ozu examine the basic struggles that we all face in life: the cycles of birth and death, the transition from childhood to adulthood, and the tension between tradition and modernity. Their titles often emphasise the changing of seasons, a symbolic backdrop for the evolving transitions of human experience.
Seen together, Ozus oeuvre amounts to one of the most profound visions of family life in the history of cinema. It is said that his films portray a uniquely contemplative style so rigorously simplistic that it renounces almost all known film grammar.
Frankly, I dont know what else to say. So to avoid being tedious, I will say this: I find it absurd that there are supposed cinema lovers out there who have never seen an Ozu film. He is one of the handful of artiststhe others include De Sica, Ray, Bresson, Bergmanwho have the ability to capture the world on film.