Yasujirô Ozu 3 pictures

Director, Writer, Production Designer
Tokyo-born Yasujiro Ozu was a movie buff from childhood, often playing hooky from school in order to see Hollywood movies in his local theatre. In 1923 he landed a job as a camera assistant at Shochiku Studios in Tokyo. Three years later, he was made an assistant director and directed his first film the next year, Blade of Penitence (1927). Ozu ...

Born: December 12, 1903
Star sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Known for: Tokyo Story (1953), Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1951), An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
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