Yasujiro Ozu

Ozu Yasujirō (Japanese: Ozu Yasujirō/Ozu Yasujiro, Romanized: Ozu Yasujirō, December 12, 1903 - December 12, 1963), a well-known Japanese director and screenwriter. In 1923, he joined the Kamata Photography Studio of Shochiku Pictures as a photography assistant, and was officially promoted to director in 1927. From 1937 to 1939 and from 1943 to 1945, he twice enlisted in the army to participate in Japan's war of aggression against China, which also cast a strong shadow on his personal evaluation. In his early days, he shot a wide range of films, mostly youth comedies. After the war, he focused on small-town films focusing on the daily lives of ordinary people, especially "Late Spring" and "Tokyo Story" as his masterpieces in his life. In addition, his unique way of shooting from a low angle and looking up has become a model for many later directors to imitate. In cinema, he is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest and most influential directors, and his "Tokyo Story" is regularly ranked in the top three of the greatest films by Sight & Sound magazine.