Box of 12 DVDs

An exceptional box bringing together the greatest black & white masterpieces of the Japanese master!

14 masterpieces by one of the most important filmmakers of the 20th century, brought together for the first time in a 12 DVD Collector's Box. Silent or talking, the films of Yasujiro Ozu testify to a magnificent career in which the dramas and worries of Japanese daily life serve as universal parables.

12 DVDs 9
Original Versions • Japanese Intertitles
French subtitles
Format 1.33 respected • 4/3 B&W
Total Film Length: 1,507 mins

DVD 1 - WHERE ARE THE DREAMS OF YOUTH? (1932 - 85 mn) / A WOMAN FROM TOKYO (1933 - 46 mn)

Extra cost :
. Short film: Kagamijishi (24 mins)
Ozu captures the lion dance during a theatrical performance.

DVD 2 - STORIES OF FLOATING GRASS (1934 - 86 mins) / AN OWNER'S STORY (1947 - 71 mins)

Extra cost :
. Short film: An Honest Boy (14 mins)
A boy befriends his kidnapper.

DVD 3 - LATE SPRING (1949 - 108 mn)

Extra cost :
. Conversations on Ozu (80 mins)
A documentary carried by the reflection of great filmmakers such as Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, Aki Kaurismäki, Claire Denis, Stanley Kwan, Lindsay Anderson and Hou Hsiaohsien.

DVD 4 - DUSK IN TOKYO (1957 - 140 mn)

Supplements:
Figures: Posters and panels (10 mins).
From yesterday to today, a parallel on advertising posters and light panels, recurring elements in Ozu's filmography.

DVD 5 - TOKYO CHORUS (1931 - 90 mins) / AN INN IN TOKYO (1935 - 75 mins)

Extra cost :
. I graduated, but… (12 mins).
The remnants of a lost Ozu movie about a young man who just graduated and couldn't find a job.

DVD 6 - EARLY SUMMER (1951 - 125 mn)

Supplements:
. Journey into the Cinema: Early Summer (15 mins).
A return to the filming locations of Early Summer.
. Figures : Linens, smoke and electric poles (7 mins).
From yesterday to today, a parallel on linens, smoke and electric poles, recurring elements in Ozu's filmography.

DVD 7 - THE TASTE OF RICE WITH GREEN TEA (1952 - 116 mn)

Extra cost :
. Journey through the cinema: The Taste of Saké (15 mins).
A return to the filming locations of Le Goût du saké.

DVD 8 - EARLY SPRING (1956 - 144 mn)

Extra cost :
. Figures: Posters and panels (10 mins)
From yesterday to today, a parallel on advertising posters and light panels, recurring elements in Ozu's filmography.

DVD 9 - I LIVED, BUT... (1983 - 123 mn - Documentary) by KAZUO INOUE

Photographed by Yuuharu Atsuta, Ozu's appointed cinematographer, and directed by Kazuo Inoue, an exceptional documentary on the filmmaker's working methods, punctuated by interviews with his relatives and main collaborators such as Chishu Ryu, Mariko Okada and Haruko Sugimura.

DVD 10 - ONCE UPON A FATHER (1942 - 87 mins)

Supplements:
. Interview with Catherine Cadou (12 mins)
Filmed at the Tea Pavilion of the Maison du Japon in Paris, a return to the figure of the father in film and in Japan.
. Interview with Jean-Michel Frodon (14 mins)
Filmed at the Tea Pavilion of the Maison du Japon in Paris, a reflection on the evolution and refinement of Ozu's style.
. Nothing (17 mins)
A film analysis by Jean Douchet.
. Chishu Ryu, the favorite actor (45 mins)
A unique documentary.
. Figures: Seas and rivers (6 mins)
From yesterday to today, a parallel on the hypnotic power of seas and rivers, recurring places in Ozu's filmography.
. Restoration

DVD 11 - THE ONLY SON (1936 - 79 mn - New HD restoration)

Extra cost :
. Time told: Jean-Jacques Beinex on the "Only Son" (22 mins)

DVD 12 - TRIP TO TOKYO (1953 - 132 mn - New 4K restoration)

Supplements:
. Story of Tokyo (12 mins)
An illustration of a text by Kijû Yoshida, taken from his essay Ozu ou l'anti-cinema .
. Role play game (26 mins)
With Paul Jobin, Kazuhiko Ytabe and Charles Tesson.
A reflection on the particular domains assigned to the characters in Journey to Tokyo
. Journey into the cinema: Journey to Tokyo (15 mins)
a return to the location of the filming of the film.
. Trailer