Yasujirô Ozu in Higanbana (1958)
Caption: Yasujirô Ozu in Higanbana (1958)
Director, Writer, Production Designer
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)
Source: IMDB
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 ...