Yasujirō Ozu

Director and writer. Born 11 December 1903 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Died 12 December 1963.

Titles on Fi1m4 directing · 1 other

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 4 titles

Born

11 December 1903, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Died

12 December 1963

Active

1949–1962

Frequently works with

Kōgo Noda, Chishū Ryū, Haruko Sugimura, Setsuko Hara, Takeshi Yamamoto

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

88Fi1m

84Critics

We rate Yasujirō’s work 4 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 790

Under 600

Of 4 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 4 films
Screen time: 8 hours of reviewed films
Active: 1949–1962

Genres

Drama4

Best and worst on Fi1m

92BestTokyo Story1953

84WorstFloating Weeds1959

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

121920s

261930s

51940s

101950s

71960s

11980s

22000s

12010s

12020s

Co-stars most worked with

Chishū Ryū3 titles

Haruko Sugimura3 titles

Setsuko Hara2 titles

Producers most worked with

Takeshi Yamamoto2 titles

Awards

Other awards4 won

Won1958Medal with Purple Ribbon: Medal with Purple Ribbon
Won1958Sutherland Trophy: Sutherland Trophy · Tokyo Story
Won1952Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director · Early Summer
Won1950Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay: Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay · Late Spring

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.