Two Films By Yasujiro Ozu (Blu-ray)

Directed by Yasujirô Ozu

Starring: Tatsuo Saitô, Tomio Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Hideo Sugawara, Takeshi Sakamoto, Seiichi Kato, Chishû Ryû, Shûji Sano, Shin Saburi, Mitsuko Mito, Haruhiko Tsuda, Masayoshi Otsuka
Contributors: Akira Fushimi, Hideo Shigehara, Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirô Ozu, Takao Yanai, Kyoichi Saiki, Yûharu Atsuta
Studio: BFI
Genre: World Cinema
Main Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 22 Apr 2024
Originally Issued: 1942
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (U) Universal, suitable for all.
Run Time: 184 minutes

Description

Double bill of Japanese dramas directed by Yasujirô Ozu. In 'I Was Born, But...' (1932) brothers Keiji (Tomio Aoki) and Ryoichi (Hideo Sugawara) find their worldview challenged when their faith in their father is shaken. They are being bullied at school and are humiliated when they discover from one of their bullies that their father allows himself to be badly treated by his colleagues and superiors at work.

When they confront their father, they are punished, but secretly their father wishes that his children's lives will be better than his. In 'There Was a Father' (1942) widowed father Shuhei Horikawa (Chishû Ryû) quits his teaching job in the aftermath of a tragic accident. To fund his son Ryohei (Haruhiko Tsuda/Shûji Sano)'s education he moves to Tokyo to work but in the process he finds that they are drifting increasingly apart.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Commentary: Both films: Adrian Martin (writer/critic)