Yasujirō Ozu
Japanese · 1903–1963
Filmmaker whose serene domestic dramas, told through his signature low-angle "tatami shots" and rigorous visual grammar, revealed the profound depths of ordinary family life.
Wikipedia ↗“人間の表面だけを撮ろうとしているが、その表面の最も深い層には、かなり普遍的なものがある。”
日本語
“I try to depict only the surface of human beings. But in the deepest layer of that surface is something quite universal.”
Interview, Kinema Junpo ↗ (1958)
“I want to make people feel what life is like without delineating all the dramatic ups and downs.”
日本語
Interview ↗ (1959)
“無”
日本語
“Nothingness.”
A single character meaning "mu" (nothingness/void), central to Zen Buddhism. Ozu chose this as the only inscription on his grave.