In this new video essay, David Cairns examines Yasujiro Ozu’s use of humor in his films.
In the following interview, conducted in February 2017, film scholar David Bordwell analyzes the evolution of director Yasujiro Ozu’s style by comparing the 1932 silent film I WAS BORN, BUT . . . with the filmmaker’s own 1959 reworking of the story, GOOD MORNING.
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu • 1932 • Japan
One of Ozu's most popular films, I Was Born, But . . . is a blithe portrait of the financial and psychological toils of one family, as told from the rascally point of view of a couple of stubborn little boys. For two brothers, the daily struggles of bullie...
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu • 1929 • Japan
A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.
