Yasujiro Ozu

Bob finally breaks down Mark's resolve and gets him to watch a handful of Ozu films. Will their podcast partnership survive? No, seriously though, Bob is a big enthusiast of Ozu's films and Mark does watch them for the first time. Is he similarly enthralled? Repulsed? Indifferent? You'll have to listen to find out. Though all the movies in question are more than 50 years old, if you're worried about spoilers, THEY ABOUND!

00:10 Salutations and Bob still can't remember which episode number it is.
1:17 Talking about Yasujiro Ozu!
1:37 Mark had not seen Ozu before (and has found his clicky pen!)
2:38 Ozu's Tokyo Story beat out Citizen Kane for Sight and Sound's top spot in 2012 (Directors' Poll, Vertigo won the Critics Poll)
4:14 Ozu is well-known to film professionals, but not to the wider public
5:00 The Finnish director whose name Bob doesn't remember is Aki Kaurismäki
6:17 Actually 9 years
7:51 How we selected the movies to cover for this episode
8:45 Why have almost a third of Ozu's films been lost?
10:18 Silent Ozu vs. Sound Ozu
10:44 How many did Mark watch?
12:21 Similar themes throughout Ozu's work
16:52 SPOILERS BEGIN! Continue at your own risk
19:32 Bob's rationale for choosing the 5 films
21:49 Ozu using the same actors over and over
25:06 Chishu Ryu's accent
26:55 Comparing Late Spring and Early Summer
29:23 What was Ozu doing differently in Floating Weeds?
31:31 Ozu puts momentous events in between scenes
34:21 Ozu, pillow shots, and *that* vase
36:52 Other Ozu trademarks
43:26 Ill-behaved children
45:17 Why spend so much time on marriage?
46:49 Demographic changes in Japanese society
48:16 Favorite Ozu
49:12 The emotional effect of Tokyo Story
49:39 The emotional gut-punch of Late Spring
50:50 Self-sacrificial characters
52:45 Tokyo Story as a spur to self-reflection
59:59 The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1:04:01 Floating Weeds
1:06:14 First try to wrap up and final thoughts
1:08:13 Other directors who use the same actors over and over
1:08:47 Why are they titled the way they are?
1:11:16 The actual conclusion

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Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode